Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Salt Lick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salt Lick and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Salt Lick
- 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 Salt Lick:
- 38.120464, -83.614936
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Salt Lick
- 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 Bath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Since Salt Lick is near Rowan County and also Fleming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- eBird sighting report for Fleming 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Salt Lick ...
We found three communities that share the name Salt Lick.
Within Kentucky, the name Salt Lick is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Hickman County
- This Salt Lick is located in Hickman County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Salt Lick that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Salt Lick.
- Macon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Salt Lick [Macon County].
- West Virginia
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salt Lick ...
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.
- Bluestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Farmers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Lakeview Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Lower Salt Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Salt Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salt Lick
- Lower Salt Lick is located in Bath County
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Peasticks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peasticks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peasticks
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Peasticks
- From Salt Lick to Peasticks
- Polksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polksville
- Polksville is located in Bath County
- Red Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Slate Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Slate Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Slate Valley
- From Salt Lick to Slate Valley
- Upper Salt Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Salt Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Salt Lick
- Upper Salt Lick is located in Bath County
How Far From Salt Lick 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 city such as Salt Lick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Salt Lick and extending to:
- Owingsville, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Salt Lick to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Salt Lick. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Salt Lick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Salt Lick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1205, Longitude: -83.6149 |
| <2> | 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 Salt Lick 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Salt Lick to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.876 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.868 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.795 degrees. |