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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 Marrowbone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marrowbone and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Marrowbone:
    • 37.366451, -82.413760
    • 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 Marrowbone
  • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Marrowbone is near Dickenson County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Marrowbone

Communities Also Named Marrowbone ...

We found three communities that are also named Marrowbone.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Marrowbone.

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Cumberland County
      • This Marrowbone is located in Cumberland County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the west of the Marrowbone that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Marrowbone.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Cheatham County
      • This Marrowbone is located in Cheatham County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Marrowbone that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheatham County community of Marrowbone.
    • Virginia
      • Henry 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 Virginia community of Marrowbone [Henry County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marrowbone ...

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.

  • Beaver Bottom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Bottom is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bottom
  • Cedarville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Daniels Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Daniels Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Creek
  • Dry Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dry Fork is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
  • Federal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Federal is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
  • Fishtrap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Fishtrap is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
  • Garden Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
  • Greasy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Creek
  • Honey Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Honey Fork is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Fork
  • Justiceville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Justiceville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justiceville
  • Liberty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lookout
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lookout is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Lower Greasy Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
    • Republic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Republic is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
    • Road Junction
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Road Junction is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Road Junction
    • Rockhouse
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockhouse is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
    • Wolfpit
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Wolfpit is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfpit

How Far From Marrowbone 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 Marrowbone to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Marrowbone to Pikeville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,778 miles [7,689.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marrowbone) 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 Marrowbone 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 Marrowbone 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 Marrowbone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3665, Longitude: -82.4138    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.146 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.923 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.504 degrees.