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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 Pickett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pickett 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 Pickett:
- 37.122714, -85.475371
- 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 Pickett
- 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 Adair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
- Since Pickett is near Green County and also Metcalfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Metcalfe 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 Pickett
Communities Also Named Pickett ...
We found eight communities that are also named Pickett.
Within Kentucky, the name Pickett is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bullock County
- This Pickett is located in Bullock County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the south of the Pickett that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullock County community of Pickett.
- Florida
- Polk 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 Florida community of Pickett [Polk County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- This Pickett is located in Caddo Parish and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pickett that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Pickett.
- Calcasieu Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Pickett [Calcasieu Parish].
- Oklahoma
- Pontotoc County
- This Pickett is located in Pontotoc County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the west of the Pickett that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Pickett.
- Texas
- Navarro County
- This Pickett is located in Navarro County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pickett that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Pickett.
- Wisconsin
- Green 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 Wisconsin community of Pickett [Green County].
- Winnebago County
- This Pickett is located in Winnebago County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pickett that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Pickett.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickett ...
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.
- Cork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cork is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Flatwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fry is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Grab
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grab is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grab
- Gradyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gradyville is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradyville
- Kellyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Little Barren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Little Barren is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Barren
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Nell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Node
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Node is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Node
- Pierce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pierce is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Roachville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sparksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weed
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Pickett 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 Pickett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pickett and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Adair County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Pickett to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 474 miles [762.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,920 miles [7,918 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Pickett) 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 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 Pickett 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> | 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 Pickett 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 Pickett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1227, Longitude: -85.4754 In this case, the coordinates for Pickett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.016 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.031 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.884 degrees. |
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