Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Samaria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Samaria and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Samaria
- 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 Samaria:
- 38.420080, -82.945170
- 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 Samaria
- 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 Greenup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greenup County
- Since Samaria is near Carter County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carter County
- eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Samaria ...
We found ten communities that share the name Samaria.
Within Kentucky, the name Samaria is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Samaria ...
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.
- Boone Furnace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boone Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
- Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
- Brushart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Carter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Charlotte Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlotte Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Furnace
- Charlotte Furnace is located in Carter County
- Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Gregoryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregoryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregoryville
- Gregoryville is located in Carter County
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hopewell is located in Greenup County
- Iron Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Carter County
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(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Music
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Naples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Rush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rush is located in Boyd County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush <4>
- Williams Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
- Williams Creek is located in Carter County
- Wolf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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How Far From Samaria 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 Samaria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Samaria and extending to:
- Greenup, which is the Seat of Greenup County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Samaria to Greenup, with an average speed<5> 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 105 miles [169 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 320 miles [515 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Samaria. 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Samaria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Samaria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4201, Longitude: -82.9452 In this case, the coordinates for Samaria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Samaria 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Samaria 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 311.463 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.439 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.412 degrees. |