Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rice Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rice Station and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rice Station

• 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 Rice Station:
  • 37.702582, -84.048260
  • 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 Rice Station

• 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
  • Since Rice Station is near Madison County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Rice Station

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rice Station ...

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.

• Bogie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bogie is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogie
• Cedar Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Crooked Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crooked Creek is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
• Fox
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Fox is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
• Knob Lick
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Knob Lick is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
• Little Rock
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Rock is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
• Pea Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pea Ridge is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
• Sand Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sand Hill is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
• Stump
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stump is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump
• Sweet Lick
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sweet Lick is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lick
• Waco
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Waco is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
• Wisemantown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Wisemantown is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisemantown

How Far From Rice Station 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 Rice Station to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rice Station and extending to:

• Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies just to the East.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Rice Station to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'