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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 Mavity, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mavity 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 Mavity:
- 38.349382, -82.697331
- 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 Mavity
- 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 Boyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd County
- Since Mavity is near Lawrence County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Mavity
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mavity ...
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.
- Big Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boltsfork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cannonsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grant is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Little Garner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little Garner is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Garner
- Meads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meads is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads
- Neal
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Neal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Princess
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Savage Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Savage Branch is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Branch
- Sweet Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sweet Run is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Run
- Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trace is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace
How Far From Mavity to ...
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 Mavity to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mavity and extending to:
- Catlettsburg, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mavity to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 307 miles [494.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,749 miles [7,642.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Mavity) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mavity 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 Mavity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3494, Longitude: -82.6973 In this case, the coordinates for Mavity have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.311 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.255 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.325 degrees. |
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