Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Skaggstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skaggstown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Skaggstown

• 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 Skaggstown:
  • 37.433665, -86.186639
  • 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 Skaggstown

• 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
  • Since Skaggstown is near Edmonson County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Skaggstown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Skaggstown ...

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.

• Dug Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dug Hill is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
• Fragrant
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Fragrant is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fragrant
• Hilltop
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilltop is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
• Horntown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Horntown is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
• Iberia
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Iberia is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
• Lone Oak
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lone Oak is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
• Pearman
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pearman is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearman
• Ponderosa
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ponderosa is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
• Rock Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Rock Creek is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
• Royal
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Royal is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
• Snap
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Snap is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snap
• Spike
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Spike is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike

How Far From Skaggstown 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 Skaggstown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Skaggstown and extending to:

• Leitchfield, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Skaggstown 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 506 miles [814.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,937 miles [7,945.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'