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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 Revelo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Revelo 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 Revelo:
- 36.683412, -84.470494
- 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 Revelo
- 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 McCreary County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCreary County
- Since Revelo is near Scott County and also Whitley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley 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 Revelo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Revelo ...
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.
- Blue Heron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blue Heron is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron
- Clay Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clay Hill is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Co-Operative
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Co-Operative is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Co-Operative
- Creekmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Creekmore is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekmore
- Fidelity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fidelity is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
- Flat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Hickory Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hill Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Top is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Hollyhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hollyhill is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyhill
- Marshes Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Oz
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oz is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oz
- Pine Knot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Scott County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
How Far From Revelo 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 Revelo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Revelo and extending to:
- Whitley City, which is the Seat of McCreary County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Revelo 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 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- Revelo) 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 Revelo 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 Revelo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6834, Longitude: -84.4705 In this case, the coordinates for Revelo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.39 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.57 degrees. |
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