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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 Shopville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shopville and the surrounding area.
- 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 Shopville:
- 37.158795, -84.486463
- 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 Shopville
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Shopville is near Rockcastle County and also Laurel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockcastle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurel 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 Shopville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shopville ...
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.
- Bobtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bobtown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
- Coin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Drum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Drum is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum
- Mark
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
- Piney Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sinking Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sinking Valley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Valley
- Stab
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stab is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stab
- Sugar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Valley Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Oak is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Oak
How Far From Shopville 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 Shopville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shopville and extending to:
- Somerset, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Shopville to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>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 5 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 422 miles [679.1 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 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,876 miles [7,847.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Shopville) 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 Shopville 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 Shopville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1588, Longitude: -84.4865 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.407 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.337 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.447 degrees. |
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