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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 Mize, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mize 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 Mize:
    • 37.859531, -83.373514
    • 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 Mize
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Mize is near Wolfe County and also Menifee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wolfe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee 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 Mize

Communities Also Named Mize ...

We found three communities that are also named Mize.

Within Kentucky, the name Mize is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Franklin 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 Georgia community of Mize [Franklin County].
      • Stephens County
      • This Mize is located in Stephens County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<2> to the south of the Mize that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Mize.
    • Mississippi
      • Smith County
      • This Mize is located in Smith County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Mize that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Mize.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mize ...

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.

  • Bear Wallow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
  • Bonny
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Bonny is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny
  • Daysboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Daysboro is located in Wolfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysboro
  • Grassy Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
  • Hazel Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
  • Index
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Index is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Liberty Road
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty Road is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Road
  • Maytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Maytown is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
  • Murphyfork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Murphyfork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphyfork
  • Panama
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Panama is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
  • Right Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Right Fork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Right Fork
  • Straight Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Straight Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
  • Twentysix
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Twentysix is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentysix
  • Woodsbend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodsbend is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsbend

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mize and extending to:

  • West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Mize 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 350 miles [563.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mize 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mize) 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 Mize 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 Mize. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8595, Longitude: -83.3735       In this case, the coordinates for Mize have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.729 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.661 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.767 degrees.