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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 Neatsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neatsville 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 Neatsville:
- 37.197205, -85.125770
- 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 Neatsville
- 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 Adair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
- Since Neatsville is near Casey County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Casey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Neatsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neatsville ...
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.
- Bass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bass is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Christine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Christine is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
- Dunnville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dunnville is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
- Evans Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evans Ford is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ford
- Feathersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Feathersburg is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg
- Garlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garlin is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlin
- Humble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Humble is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble
- Purdy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Purdy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Royville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Royville is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royville
- Russell Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Speck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore Flat is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Flat
How Far From Neatsville 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 Neatsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Neatsville and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Adair County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Neatsville to Columbia, with an average speed<3> 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the north (N). 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 455 miles [732.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Neatsville) 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 Neatsville 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 Neatsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1972, Longitude: -85.1258 In this case, the coordinates for Neatsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.801 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.795 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.713 degrees. |
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