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we pass this GPS location for Stillwater:
37.756475, -83.484352
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Bird Watching ...
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The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Wolfe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 26 communities that are also named Stillwater.
Within Kentucky, the name Stillwater is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of 26 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 24 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Yell County
This Stillwater is located in Yell County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Stillwater.
British Columbia
This Stillwater lies 2,166 miles [3,485.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Stillwater is located in Hillsborough County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the south of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Stillwater.
Illinois
Will County
This Stillwater is located in Will County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Stillwater.
Iowa
Mitchell 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 Iowa community of Stillwater [Mitchell County].
Maine
Penobscot County
This Stillwater is located in Penobscot County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Stillwater.
Minnesota
Washington County
This Stillwater is located in Washington County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Stillwater.
Montana
Yellowstone 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 Montana community of Stillwater [Yellowstone County].
Nevada
Churchill County
This Stillwater is located in Churchill County and lies 1,883 miles [3,030.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Stillwater.
Washoe 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 Nevada community of Stillwater [Washoe County].
New Hampshire
Grafton County
This Stillwater is located in Grafton County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Stillwater.
New Jersey
Sussex County
This Stillwater is located in Sussex County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Stillwater.
New York
Chautauqua County
This Stillwater is located in Chautauqua County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Stillwater.
Essex County
This Stillwater is located in Essex County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Stillwater.
Herkimer County
This Stillwater is located in Herkimer County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km] to the northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Stillwater.
Oswego County
This Stillwater is located in Oswego County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km] to the northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Stillwater.
Putnam County
This Stillwater is located in Putnam County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km] to the east northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Stillwater.
Saratoga County
This Stillwater is located in Saratoga County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Stillwater.
Nova Scotia
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 Nova Scotia community of Stillwater.
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
This Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Stillwater.
Oklahoma
Payne County
This Stillwater is located in Payne County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of Stillwater.
Pennsylvania
Columbia County
This Stillwater is located in Columbia County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Stillwater.
Susquehanna 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 Pennsylvania community of Stillwater [Susquehanna County].
Rhode Island
Providence County
This Stillwater is located in Providence County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Stillwater.
Texas
Lipscomb County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Lipscomb County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lipscomb County community of Stillwater.
Washington
King County
This Stillwater is located in King County and lies 2,042 miles [3,286.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stillwater that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Stillwater.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stillwater ...
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, 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 Stillwater to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stillwater and extending to:
Campton, which is the Seat of Wolfe County, lies just to the West Southwest.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Stillwater to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 357 miles [574.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,808 miles [7,737.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stillwater) 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 Stillwater 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 Stillwater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Stillwater 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 Stillwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7565, Longitude: -83.4844 In this case, the coordinates for Stillwater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.797 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.724 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.845 degrees.