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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 Mayo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mayo 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 Mayo:
- 37.872563, -84.926123
- 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 Mayo
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Mayo is near Anderson County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Mayo
Communities Also Named Mayo ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Mayo.
Within Kentucky, the name Mayo is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mayo [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Lafayette County
- This Mayo is located in Lafayette County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the south of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Mayo.
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Mayo [Orange County].
- Georgia
- Richmond County
- This Mayo is located in Richmond County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Mayo.
- Kansas
- Comanche County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mayo [Comanche County].
- Louisiana
- Vernon Parish
- This Mayo is located in Vernon Parish and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Mayo.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<2> to the east of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Mayo.
- North Carolina
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mayo [Rockingham County].
- Quebec
- This Mayo lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Mayo is located in Spartanburg County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Mayo.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mayo [Knox County].
- Texas
- Karnes County
- This Mayo is located in Karnes County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Karnes County community of Mayo.
- Vermont
- Essex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Mayo [Essex County].
- Virginia
- Halifax County
- This Mayo is located in Halifax County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Mayo.
- Henry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mayo [Henry County].
- Yukon
- This Mayo lies 2,731 miles [4,395.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mayo that is located in Mercer County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayo ...
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.
- Battle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Battle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Bondville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bondville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondville
- Bushtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bushtown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushtown
- Cornishville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drydock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drydock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drydock
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Fox Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harrodsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Nonesuch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nonesuch is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonesuch
- Oregon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oregon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Seaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stringtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Terrapin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Terrapin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin
How Far From Mayo 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 Mayo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mayo and extending to:
- Harrodsburg, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Mayo to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mayo 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mayo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Mayo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mayo 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 Mayo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8726, Longitude: -84.9261 In this case, the coordinates for Mayo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.687 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.76 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.441 degrees. |
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