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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 Mountain Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Spring 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 Mountain Spring:
- 37.737885, -83.805268
- 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 Mountain Spring
- 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
- Since Mountain Spring is near Powell County and also Lee 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 Lee 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 Mountain Spring
Communities Also Named Mountain Spring ...
We found three communities that are also named Mountain Spring.
Within Kentucky, the name Mountain Spring is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Diego 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 Mountain Spring [San Diego County].
- Indiana
- Martin 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 Indiana community of Mountain Spring [Martin County].
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Mountain Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Spring ...
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.
- Cat Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cat Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek
- Crystal
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Fixer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fixer is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fixer
- Furnace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Hemlock Lodge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock Lodge is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Lodge
- Marbleyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marbleyard is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbleyard
- Pecks Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek
- Pilot
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pilot is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Slade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Standing Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Standing Rock is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
How Far From Mountain Spring 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 Mountain Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Mountain Spring and extending to:
- Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Spring to Irvine, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 375 miles [603.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 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 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 Mountain Spring 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> | 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 Mountain Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Mountain Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mountain Spring 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 Mountain Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7379, Longitude: -83.8053 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.993 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.946 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.99 degrees. |
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