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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 Panola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panola 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 Panola:
- 37.660847, -84.114959
- 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 Panola
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Panola is near Estill County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Panola
Communities Also Named Panola ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Panola.
Within Kentucky, the name Panola is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Crenshaw County
- This Panola is located in Crenshaw County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Panola.
- Sumter County
- This Panola is located in Sumter County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km] to the southwest of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Panola.
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- 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 Arkansas community of Panola [Lonoke County].
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This Panola is located in DeKalb County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the south of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Panola.
- Illinois
- Woodford County
- This Panola is located in Woodford County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Panola.
- Louisiana
- East Carroll Parish
- This Panola is located in East Carroll Parish and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the southwest of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Carroll Parish community of Panola.
- Michigan
- Iron County
- This Panola is located in Iron County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Panola.
- Minnesota
- Chisago County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Chisago County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Panola.
- Oklahoma
- Latimer County
- This Panola is located in Latimer County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latimer County community of Panola.
- South Carolina
- Clarendon County
- This Panola is located in Clarendon County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Panola.
- Greenwood County
- 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 South Carolina community of Panola [Greenwood County].
- Texas
- Panola County
- This Panola is located in Panola County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Panola that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Panola.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Panola ...
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.
- Bobtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Crooked Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crooked Creek is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Jinks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jinks is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jinks
- Knob Lick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Knob Lick is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Little Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Little Rock is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Locust Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Pea Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pea Ridge is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Rice Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rice Station is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Station
- Sand Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Speedwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Waco
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wisemantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wisemantown is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisemantown
How Far From Panola 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 Panola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Panola and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Panola to Richmond, with an average speed<5> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Panola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Panola 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> | 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 Panola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Panola 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 Panola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6608, Longitude: -84.1150 In this case, the coordinates for Panola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.183 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.153 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.146 degrees. |
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