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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 Plummers Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plummers Landing 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 Plummers Landing:
- 38.318715, -83.562010
- 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 Plummers Landing
- 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 Fleming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fleming County
- Since Plummers Landing is near Rowan County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Plummers Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plummers Landing ...
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.
- Big Brushy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Brushy is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Brushy
- Carpentersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carpentersville is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
- Farmville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grassland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grassland is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Muses Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Plains is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Plains
- Sharkey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sharkey is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkey
- Smile
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smile is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smile
- Sunset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Plummers Landing 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 Plummers Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Plummers Landing and extending to:
- Flemingsburg, which is the Seat of Fleming County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Plummers Landing to Flemingsburg, 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 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Plummers Landing) 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 Plummers Landing 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 Plummers Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3187, Longitude: -83.5620 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.843 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.859 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.713 degrees. |
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