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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 Rush Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rush Branch and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Rush Branch:
    • 37.970854, -83.205198
    • 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 Rush Branch
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Rush Branch is near Elliott County and also Magoffin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin 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 Rush Branch

Communities Also Named Rush Branch ...

We found one communities that are also named Rush Branch.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Rush Branch.

Beyond Kentucky.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rush Branch [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rush Branch ...

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.

  • Bear Wallow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
  • Blaze
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blaze is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaze
  • Crockett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Crockett is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
  • Dingus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dingus is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingus
  • Elkfork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Elkfork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork
  • Gordon Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gordon Ford is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Ford
  • Index
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Index is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Jones Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jones Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
  • Leisure
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leisure is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
  • Liberty Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Road is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Road
  • Licking River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Licking River is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licking River
  • Little Sandy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Little Sandy is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Neal Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Neal Valley is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Valley
    • Pomp
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Pomp is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomp
    • Redwine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Redwine is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwine
    • Straight Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Straight Creek is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek

How Far From Rush Branch to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rush Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Rush Branch 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 most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 339 miles [545.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,786 miles [7,702.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rush Branch 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rush Branch) 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 Rush Branch 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 Rush Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9709, Longitude: -83.2052       In this case, the coordinates for Rush Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.625 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.559 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.661 degrees.