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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 Murry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Murry 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 Murry:
    • 37.231421, -83.870155
    • 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 Murry
  • 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Since Murry is near Jackson County and also Laurel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Laurel 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 Murry

Communities Also Named Murry ...

We found four communities that are also named Murry.

Within Kentucky, the name Murry is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Tate 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 Mississippi community of Murry [Tate County].
      • Tippah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Murry [Tippah County].
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • This Murry is located in Boone County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Murry that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Murry.
    • Wisconsin
      • Rusk County
      • This Murry is located in Rusk County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Murry that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Murry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Murry ...

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.

  • Buffalo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Burning Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Burning Springs is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
  • Chestnutburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnutburg is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutburg
  • Egypt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Egypt is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Fall Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fall Rock is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock
  • Grace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Grace is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Green Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • High Knob
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • High Knob is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Knob
  • Hooker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hooker is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lewis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lewis is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Portersburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Portersburg is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersburg
    • Shepherdtown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Shepherdtown is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdtown
    • Stringtown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Stringtown is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Urban
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Urban is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
    • Vine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Vine is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine

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

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

  • Manchester, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Murry 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 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,256 miles [10,068.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 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 Murry 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Murry) 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 Murry 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 Murry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2314, Longitude: -83.8702       In this case, the coordinates for Murry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.03 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.916 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.163 degrees.