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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 Shrout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shrout 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 Shrout:
- 38.136149, -83.678346
- 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 Shrout
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Since Shrout is near Lawrence County and also Rowan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan 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 Shrout
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shrout ...
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.
- Harpers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harpers is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers
- Lower Salt Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Salt Lick is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Salt Lick
- Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Peasticks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peasticks
- Polksville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Polksville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polksville
- Red Bush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red Bush is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bush
- Salt Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Slate Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Stringtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wyoming is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From Shrout 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 Shrout to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shrout and extending to:
- Owingsville, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Shrout to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 362 miles [582.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,800 miles [7,724.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Shrout) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Shrout 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 Shrout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1361, Longitude: -83.6783 In this case, the coordinates for Shrout have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.916 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.915 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.818 degrees. |
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