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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 Parmleysville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parmleysville 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 Parmleysville:
- 36.684102, -84.754688
- 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 Parmleysville
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Parmleysville is near McCreary County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCreary County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Parmleysville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parmleysville ...
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.
- Barrier
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Barrier is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrier
- Co-Operative
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Co-Operative is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Co-Operative
- Cooper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Fidelity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fidelity is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Kidds Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidds Crossing is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidds Crossing
- Oil Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oil Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Valley
- Rockybranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockybranch is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockybranch
- Slickford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Parmleysville 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 Parmleysville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Parmleysville and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Parmleysville to Monticello, with an average speed<2> 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 104 miles [167.4 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 447 miles [719.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,908 miles [7,898.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parmleysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Parmleysville 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 Parmleysville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6841, Longitude: -84.7547 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.563 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.449 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.691 degrees. |
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