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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 Pritchardsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pritchardsville 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 Pritchardsville:
- 36.972273, -85.937200
- 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 Pritchardsville
- 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 Barren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren County
- Since Pritchardsville is near Metcalfe County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Metcalfe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Pritchardsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pritchardsville ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Grove is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Cooktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cooktown is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Coral Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Eighty Eight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eighty Eight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eighty Eight
- Glasgow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Goodnight
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goodnight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Kino
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kino is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kino
- Lucas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merry Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Merry Oaks is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
- Oil City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Peter Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peter Creek is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Creek
- Red Cross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Cross is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Roseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Slick Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Temple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
How Far From Pritchardsville 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 Pritchardsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pritchardsville and extending to:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Barren County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Pritchardsville 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 502 miles [807.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,352 miles [10,222.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Pritchardsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pritchardsville 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 Pritchardsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9723, Longitude: -85.9372 In this case, the coordinates for Pritchardsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.298 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.334 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.124 degrees. |
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