Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Lebanon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Lebanon and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Lebanon
- 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 Mount Lebanon:
- 37.82765, -84.504565
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mount Lebanon
- 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 Jessamine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jessamine County
- Since Mount Lebanon is near Madison County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Fayette 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mount Lebanon ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Mount Lebanon.
Within Kentucky, the name Mount Lebanon is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Madison County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Bienville Parish and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Mount Lebanon.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Montgomery County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mount Lebanon.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Hunterdon County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Mount Lebanon.
- New York
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mount Lebanon [Columbia County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Allegheny County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Tennessee
- Decatur County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Dickson County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Dickson County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km] to the southwest of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Lawrence County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Lawrence County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km] to the southwest of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Tipton County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Tipton County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km] to the west southwest of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Jessamine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Texas
- Upshur County
- Although located in Upshur County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Lebanon ...
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.
- Buckeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Catnip ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Cottonburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonburg
- Cottonburg is located in Madison County
- Crow Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Valley
- Crow Valley is located in Madison County
- Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Hall is located in Jessamine County
- Little Hickman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hickman
- Little Hickman is located in Jessamine County
- Million
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Pink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Spears
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Stone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Madison County
- Union Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Union Mills is located in Jessamine County
- Vineyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Vineyard is located in Jessamine County
How Far From Mount Lebanon 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 Mount Lebanon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Lebanon and extending to:
- Nicholasville, which is the Seat of Jessamine County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Lebanon to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 410 miles [659.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Lebanon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mount Lebanon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Lebanon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8276, Longitude: -84.5046 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Lebanon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Mount Lebanon 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mount Lebanon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.425 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.454 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.269 degrees. |