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 Southfork:
37.413647, -83.662738
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 Southfork
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 Owsley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Southfork.
Within Kentucky, the name Southfork is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Cherokee County
This Southfork is located in Cherokee County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Southfork that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Southfork.
Paulding County
This Southfork is located in Paulding County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km] to the south southwest of the Southfork that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Southfork.
New Mexico
Lincoln County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Southfork.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Southfork is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,532 miles [2,465.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Southfork that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Southfork.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southfork ...
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.
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 Southfork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southfork and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Southfork to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,239 miles [10,040.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southfork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Southfork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Southfork 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 Southfork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4136, Longitude: -83.6627
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.905 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.798 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.022 degrees.