Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sadieville:
  • 38.392994, -84.537860
  • 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 Sadieville

• 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
  • Since Sadieville is near Harrison County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Sadieville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sadieville ...

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.

• Alberta
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Alberta is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
• Cranetown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cranetown is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranetown
• Double Culvert
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Double Culvert is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Culvert
• Josephine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Josephine is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
• Lees Lick
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lees Lick is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Lick
• Longlick
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Longlick is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longlick
• Mallard Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mallard Point is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
• Muddy Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Muddy Ford is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Ford
• Rogers Gap
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rogers Gap is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Gap
• Rutland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rutland is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
• Stonewall
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stonewall is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
• Turkey Foot
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Turkey Foot is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot

How Far From Sadieville 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 city such as Sadieville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sadieville and extending to:

• Georgetown, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sadieville to Georgetown, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 km] to the east (E). 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 23 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,826 miles [7,766.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'