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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Marlow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marlow and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Marlow:
    • 36.777289, -85.092454
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Marlow
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
    • Since Marlow is near Wayne County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Marlow

Communities Also Named Marlow ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Marlow.

Within Kentucky, the name Marlow is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Marlow is located in Baldwin County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Marlow.
    • Georgia
      • Effingham County
      • This Marlow is located in Effingham County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Marlow.
      • Hall County
      • This Marlow is located in Hall County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the south southeast of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Marlow.
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson County
      • This Marlow is located in Jefferson County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Marlow.
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • This Marlow is located in Dunklin County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the west of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Marlow.
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Marlow is located in Cheshire County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Marlow.
    • Oklahoma
      • Stephens County
      • This Marlow is located in Stephens County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the west of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Marlow.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Marlow [Horry County].
    • South Dakota
      • Marshall County
      • This Marlow is located in Marshall County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Marlow.
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Marlow is located in Anderson County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Marlow.
    • Texas
      • Milam County
      • This Marlow is located in Milam County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milam County community of Marlow.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Marlow is located in Davis County and lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marlow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Marlow.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marlow ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Aaron
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Aaron is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
  • Alpha
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Alpha is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Cartwright
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cartwright is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Decide
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Decide is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decide
  • Gapcreek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gapcreek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapcreek
  • Highway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Highway is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
  • Ida
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ida is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
  • Savage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Savage is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
  • Seventy Six
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Seventy Six is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventy Six
  • Snow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Snow is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
  • Wait
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wait is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wait
  • Windy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Windy is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy

How Far From Marlow to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Marlow to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marlow and extending to:

  • Albany, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Marlow to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marlow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Marlow could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Marlow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7773, Longitude: -85.0925       In this case, the coordinates for Marlow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.772 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.702 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.81 degrees.