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 Saxton:
36.634433, -84.117322
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.
We found five communities that are also named Saxton.
Within Kentucky, the name Saxton is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Delta County
This Saxton is located in Delta County and lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saxton that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Saxton.
Florida
Bradford County
This Saxton is located in Bradford County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Saxton that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Saxton.
Missouri
Buchanan County
This Saxton is located in Buchanan County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saxton that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Saxton.
New York
Ulster County
This Saxton is located in Ulster County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saxton that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Saxton.
Pennsylvania
Bedford County
This Saxton is located in Bedford County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saxton that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Saxton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saxton ...
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.
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 community such as Saxton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saxton and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Saxton to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 416 miles [669.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Saxton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Saxton 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 Saxton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6344, Longitude: -84.1173 In this case, the coordinates for Saxton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.174 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.995 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.434 degrees.