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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 Spurrier, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spurrier 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 Spurrier:
- 37.474263, -86.052440
- 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 Spurrier
- 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Spurrier is near Grayson County and also Hart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson 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 Spurrier
Communities Also Named Spurrier ...
We found three communities that are also named Spurrier.
Within Kentucky, the name Spurrier is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Spurrier [Mecklenburg County].
- Tennessee
- Pickett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Spurrier [Pickett County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Spurrier is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Spurrier that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Spurrier.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spurrier ...
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.
- Big Clifty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Flint Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fragrant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fragrant is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fragrant
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Horntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Horntown is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
- Lone Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Lone Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Pearman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pearman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearman
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Riders Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mill
- Rock Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Seven Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Snap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snap is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snap
- Spike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spike is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike
How Far From Spurrier 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 Spurrier to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spurrier and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spurrier to Elizabethtown, 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 five to six hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 81 miles [130.4 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of 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 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,930 miles [7,934.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Spurrier 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Spurrier) 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 Spurrier 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 Spurrier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4743, Longitude: -86.0524 In this case, the coordinates for Spurrier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.382 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.501 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.044 degrees. |
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