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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 The Moors, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Moors 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 The Moors:
- 36.926166, -88.217808
- 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 The Moors
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since The Moors is near Livingston County and also Lyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon 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 The Moors
Communities Also Named The Moors ...
We found three communities that are also named The Moors.
Within Kentucky, the name The Moors is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Clinton County
- This The Moors is located in Clinton County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Moors that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of The Moors.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of The Moors.
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of The Moors [Mercer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Moors ...
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.
- Cross Road
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Road is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Road
- Dogtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairdealing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Gilbertsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Rivers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Little Bear Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Bear Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bear Creek
- Marshall
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Scale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From The Moors 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 The Moors to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Moors and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from The Moors to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 623 miles [1,002.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,444 miles [10,370.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Moors) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 The Moors, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 The Moors 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. |
| <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 The Moors 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 The Moors. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9262, Longitude: -88.2178 In this case, the coordinates for The Moors have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.727 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.971 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.136 degrees. |
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