Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Owsley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Owsley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Owsley
- 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 Owsley:
- 37.501791, -82.588224
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Owsley
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Owsley is near Floyd County and also Knott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- eBird sighting report for Knott 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Owsley ...
We found two communities that share the name Owsley.
Within Kentucky, the name Owsley is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Missouri
Curious and Interesting Names Near Owsley ...
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.
- Betsy Layne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betsy Layne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betsy Layne
- Betsy Layne is located in Floyd County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Betsy Layne <4>
- Big Shoal
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Blue Moon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon
- Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
- Boldman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Broad Bottom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broad Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Bottom
- Broad Bottom is located in Pike County
- Coal Run Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Run Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Harold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Harold is located in Floyd County
- Little Dixie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Dixie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Little Dixie is located in Pike County
- Lower Chloe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Chloe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chloe
- Lower Chloe is located in Pike County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mayo Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayo Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Pigeon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Pikeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Pikeville is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,432 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pikeville <4>
- Stanley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Teaberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Titan Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Titan Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding
- Titan Siding is located in Pike County
- Mayo Village
How Far From Owsley 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 Owsley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Owsley and extending to:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Owsley to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 316 miles [508.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,780 miles [7,692.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Owsley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 Owsley 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- Owsley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Owsley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5018, Longitude: -82.5882 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Owsley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.063 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.537 degrees. |