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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 Old Cypress, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Cypress 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 Old Cypress:
- 36.723391, -88.899782
- 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 Old Cypress
- 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 Hickman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman County
- Since Old Cypress is near Graves County and also Carlisle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graves County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carlisle 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 Old Cypress
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Cypress ...
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.
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Dublin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dublin is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Fancy Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pryorsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Roper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roper is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Water Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheel is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
How Far From Old Cypress to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Cypress to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Cypress and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of Hickman County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Cypress to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 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 '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- Old Cypress) 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 Old Cypress 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 Old Cypress. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7234, Longitude: -88.8998 In this case, the coordinates for Old Cypress have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.432 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.486 degrees. |
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