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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 Spindletop Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spindletop Estates 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 Spindletop Estates:
- 38.134520, -84.522996
- 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 Spindletop Estates
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Spindletop Estates is near Scott County and also Woodford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford 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 Spindletop Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spindletop Estates ...
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.
- Clabber Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clabber Bottom is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clabber Bottom
- Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Deep Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Springs is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Elk Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Chester is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Chester
- Elkhorn Parks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhorn Parks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Parks
- Fairway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
- Faywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Faywood is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
- Garden Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Garden Springs is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Springs
- Gardenside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gardenside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Great Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Great Crossing is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Crossing
- Hermitage Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hermitage Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Holiday Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holiday Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Liberty Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Heights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Peak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Peak is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Pine Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Meadows is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Sandersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandersville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Zion Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Zion Hill is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Spindletop Estates 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 Spindletop Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spindletop Estates and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Spindletop Estates to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Spindletop Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Spindletop Estates 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 Spindletop Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1345, Longitude: -84.5230 In this case, the coordinates for Spindletop Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.438 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.513 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.19 degrees. |
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