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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 Primrose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Primrose 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 Primrose:
- 37.601901, -83.608758
- 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 Primrose
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Primrose is near Estill County and also Breathitt 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 Breathitt 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 Primrose
Communities Also Named Primrose ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Primrose.
Within Kentucky, the name Primrose is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Primrose lies 3,193 miles [5,138.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- Georgia
- Meriwether County
- This Primrose is located in Meriwether County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Primrose.
- Iowa
- Lee County
- This Primrose is located in Lee County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Primrose.
- Maryland
- Baltimore 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 Maryland community of Primrose [Baltimore County].
- Montana
- Missoula County
- This Primrose is located in Missoula County and lies 1,675 miles [2,695.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missoula County community of Primrose.
- Nebraska
- Boone County
- This Primrose is located in Boone County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Primrose.
- New Brunswick
- 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 New Brunswick community of Primrose.
- New York
- Westchester 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 New York community of Primrose [Westchester County].
- Ohio
- Williams County
- This Primrose is located in Williams County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Primrose.
- Ontario
- This Primrose lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Primrose is located in Schuylkill County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Primrose.
- Washington County
- This Primrose is located in Washington County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the northeast of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Primrose.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Primrose lies 1,231 miles [1,981.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- This Primrose is located in Providence County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Primrose.
- Texas
- Tarrant County
- This Primrose is located in Tarrant County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Primrose.
- Van Zandt County
- This Primrose is located in Van Zandt County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the west southwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Primrose.
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- This Primrose is located in Dane County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Primrose that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Primrose.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Primrose ...
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.
- Booth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Booth is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Fixer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fixer is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fixer
- Grannie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grannie is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannie
- Harris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Jetts Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Buffalo is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Buffalo
- Mary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stay is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
- War Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- War Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Creek
- Widecreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Widecreek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widecreek
How Far From Primrose 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 Primrose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Primrose and extending to:
- Beattyville, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Primrose to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 367 miles [590.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 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- Primrose) 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 Primrose 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 Primrose 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 Primrose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6019, Longitude: -83.6088 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.872 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.788 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.944 degrees. |
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