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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 Mozelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mozelle 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 Mozelle:
- 37.003927, -83.397704
- 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 Mozelle
- 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 Leslie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leslie County
- Since Mozelle is near Harlan County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Mozelle
Communities Also Named Mozelle ...
We found three communities that are also named Mozelle.
Within Kentucky, the name Mozelle is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Jackson 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 Mozelle [Jackson County].
- Texas
- Coleman County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mozelle [Coleman County].
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mozelle [Jackson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mozelle ...
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.
- Beverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Laurel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Big Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Blackjoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blackjoe is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjoe
- Clovertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clovertown is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovertown
- Creekville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Creekville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekville
- Cutshin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Divide
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Divide is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Fresh Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fresh Meadows is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Meadows
- Golden Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Ash is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ash
- Keith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keith is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Lewis Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lewis Creek is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Creek
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Queendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Queendale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queendale
- Spring Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spruce Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce Pine is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Tacky Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
How Far From Mozelle 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 Mozelle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mozelle and extending to:
- Hyden, which is the Seat of Leslie County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Mozelle to Hyden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mozelle 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 Mozelle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mozelle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mozelle 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 Mozelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0039, Longitude: -83.3977 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.741 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.552 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.026 degrees. |
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