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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 Simstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Simstown 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 Simstown:
- 37.634346, -85.178317
- 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 Simstown
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Simstown is near Washington County and also Boyle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyle 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 Simstown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Simstown ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bearwallow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Belltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Craintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deep Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Creek is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Gravel Switch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Mackville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peck Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peck Ford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Poplar Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Texas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Texas is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Valley Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
How Far From Simstown 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 Simstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Simstown and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Simstown to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 449 miles [722.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Simstown) 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 Simstown 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 Simstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6343, Longitude: -85.1783 In this case, the coordinates for Simstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.84 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.902 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.617 degrees. |
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