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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 Ninevah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ninevah 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 Ninevah:
    • 38.082574, -84.878839
    • 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 Ninevah
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Ninevah is near Franklin County and also Woodford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Ninevah

Communities Also Named Ninevah ...

We found three communities that are also named Ninevah.

Within Kentucky, the name Ninevah is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Ninevah [Middlesex County].
    • Kansas
      • Ninevah #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ninevah.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Ninevah.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ninevah ...

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.

  • Big Eddy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Big Eddy is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
  • Birdie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Birdie is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
  • Duckers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Duckers is located in Woodford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckers
  • Evergreen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Evergreen is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Farmdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Farmdale is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Fox Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
  • Jett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jett is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
  • Lanes Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lanes Mill is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mill
  • Slickway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Slickway is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickway
  • Stringtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ninevah and extending to:

  • Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ninevah to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 25 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ninevah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 Ninevah 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ninevah) 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 Ninevah 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 Ninevah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0826, Longitude: -84.8788       In this case, the coordinates for Ninevah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.659 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.759 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.361 degrees.