Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mathers Mill

• 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 Mathers Mill:
  • 37.540338, -85.769128
  • 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 Mathers Mill

• 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 Larue County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Larue County
  • Since Mathers Mill is near Hardin County and also Hart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hart 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 Mathers Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mathers Mill ...

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.

• Boundary Oak
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Boundary Oak is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary Oak
• Buffalo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
• Ginseng
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ginseng is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginseng
• High Hickory
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • High Hickory is located in Hart County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hickory
• Howardstown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Howardstown is located in Nelson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
• Jonesville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jonesville is located in Hart County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
• Leafdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Leafdale is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leafdale
• Magnolia
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Maxine
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maxine is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxine
• Tanner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Tanner is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner

How Far From Mathers Mill to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mathers Mill and extending to:

• Hodgenville, which is the Seat of Larue County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Mathers Mill to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 482 miles [775.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'