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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Marydell:
37.108769, -83.908536
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.
We found four communities that share the name Marydell.
Within Kentucky, the name Marydell is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Howard County
This Marydell is located in Howard County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Marydell that is located in Laurel County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Marydell.
Mississippi
Leake County
This Marydell is located in Leake County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the southwest of the Marydell that is located in Laurel County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of Marydell.
North Carolina
Durham County
This Marydell is located in Durham County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Marydell that is located in Laurel County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Marydell.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Marydell [Greenville County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marydell ...
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.
Bush (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Marydell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marydell and extending to:
London, which is the Seat of Laurel County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Marydell to London, with an average speed<5> 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 91 miles [146.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marydell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marydell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1088, Longitude: -83.9085
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Marydell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Marydell to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.053 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.924 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.214 degrees.