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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 South Marshall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Marshall 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 South Marshall:
- 36.798111, -88.330037
- 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 South Marshall
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since South Marshall is near Calloway County and also Graves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graves 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 South Marshall
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Marshall ...
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.
- Brewers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brewers is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers
- Dogtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairdealing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Harvey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harvey is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Olive
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Scale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Walnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From South Marshall 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 South Marshall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in South Marshall and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from South Marshall to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 632 miles [1,017.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,056 miles [8,136.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Marshall) 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 South Marshall 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 South Marshall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7981, Longitude: -88.3300 In this case, the coordinates for South Marshall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.792 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.029 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.216 degrees. |
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