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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 Snow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snow 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 Snow:
    • 36.750344, -85.136900
    • 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 Snow
  • 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
    • Since Snow is near Wayne County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Snow

Communities Also Named Snow ...

We found ten communities that are also named Snow.

Within Kentucky, the name Snow is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Marion County
      • This Snow is located in Marion County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west of the Snow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Snow.
    • Georgia
      • Dooly County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Snow [Dooly County].
    • Idaho
      • Nez Perce County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Snow [Nez Perce County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • This Snow is located in Berrien County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the north of the Snow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Snow.
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Snow [Macon County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pushmataha County
      • This Snow is located in Pushmataha County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Snow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pushmataha County community of Snow.
    • Texas
      • Leon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Snow [Leon County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Snow is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Snow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Snow.
      • Utah County
      • This Snow is located in Utah County and lies 1,449 miles [2,331.9 km] to the west northwest of the Snow that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Snow.
    • Wisconsin
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Snow [Clark County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Snow ...

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.

  • Aaron
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Aaron is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
  • Alpha
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alpha is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Bug
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bug is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug
  • Cartwright
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cartwright is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Decide
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Decide is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decide
  • Gapcreek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Gapcreek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapcreek
  • Green Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Green Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Highway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Highway is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
  • Ida
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ida is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
  • Jones Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jones Mill is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
  • Savage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Savage is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
  • Seventy Six
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Seventy Six is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventy Six
  • Wait
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wait is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wait

How Far From Snow to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Snow to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snow and extending to:

  • Albany, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the South.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Snow to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,047 miles [11,341 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Snow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Snow could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Snow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Snow 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 Snow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7503, Longitude: -85.1369       In this case, the coordinates for Snow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.799 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.729 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.836 degrees.