Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McCausey Ridge:
  • 37.929717, -83.616757
  • 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 McCausey Ridge

• 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 Menifee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee County
  • Since McCausey Ridge is near Powell County and also Bath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath 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 McCausey Ridge

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCausey Ridge ...

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.

• Back
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Back is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
• Dog Trot
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dog Trot is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Trot
• Frenchburg
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Frenchburg is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frenchburg <1>
• Hill Top
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hill Top is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
• Korea
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Korea is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea
• Peter Trace
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Peter Trace is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Trace
• Salt Lick Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Salt Lick Creek is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick Creek
• Stonequarry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Stonequarry is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonequarry
• Trimble Bend
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trimble Bend is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Bend
• Upper Salt Lick
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Upper Salt Lick is located in Bath County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Salt Lick

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCausey Ridge and extending to:

• Frenchburg, which is the Seat of Menifee County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from McCausey Ridge to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. 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 362 miles [582.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'