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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 Nealton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nealton 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 Nealton:
- 37.936709, -84.605276
- 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 Nealton
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jessamine County
- Since Nealton is near Fayette County and also Woodford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford 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 Nealton
Communities Also Named Nealton ...
We found one communities that are also named Nealton.
Within Kentucky, the name Nealton is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Nealton in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clarke 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 Alabama community of Nealton [Clarke County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nealton ...
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.
- Blueberry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blueberry Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hill
- Catnip ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frogtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frogtown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Gamesway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gamesway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamesway
- Garden Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Springs is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Springs
- Gardenside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gardenside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonestown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Little Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little Georgetown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Little Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Open Gates
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Open Gates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Gates
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Shadeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shadeland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Stoneybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneybrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Twin Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Union Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Mills is located in Jessamine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Vineyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Nealton 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 Nealton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nealton and extending to:
- Nicholasville, which is the Seat of Jessamine County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Nealton to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 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 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 Nealton 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 '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- Nealton) 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 Nealton 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 Nealton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9367, Longitude: -84.6053 In this case, the coordinates for Nealton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.488 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.542 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.282 degrees. |
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