Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sloans Crossing:
  • 37.150882, -86.097199
  • 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 Sloans Crossing

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sloans Crossing ...

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.

• Apple Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Apple Grove is located in Barren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
• Arthur
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Arthur is located in Edmonson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
• Cave City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cave City is located in Barren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cave City <1>
• Cedar Spring
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Spring is located in Edmonson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
• Mammoth Cave
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mammoth Cave is located in Edmonson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Cave
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mammoth Cave <1>
• Park City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Park City is located in Barren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park City <1>
• Pig
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pig is located in Edmonson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
• Rocky Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
• Tom Johns Crossing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tom Johns Crossing is located in Hart County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Johns Crossing
• Union City
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Union City is located in Edmonson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sloans Crossing and extending to:

• Brownsville, which is the Seat of Edmonson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sloans Crossing to Brownsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 507 miles [815.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,070 miles [11,378.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'