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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 Stites, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stites 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 Stites:
- 38.016738, -85.904685
- 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 Stites
- 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 Bullitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bullitt County
- Since Stites is near Harrison County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Stites
Communities Also Named Stites ...
We found two communities that are also named Stites.
Within Kentucky, the name Stites is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Idaho County
- This Stites is located in Idaho County and lies 1,627 miles [2,618.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stites that is located in Bullitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Stites.
- Ohio
- Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Stites [Hamilton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stites ...
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.
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethany is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Evans Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Evans Landing is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Landing
- Fishtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fishtown is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtown
- Happy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Hollow is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Howard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howard is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Hughes Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes Landing is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing
- Meadow Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadow Lawn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn
- Prairie Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Rosewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rosewood is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Valley Downs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Valley Downs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Downs
- Valley Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valley Gardens is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Gardens
- Valley Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Stites to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stites to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stites and extending to:
- Shepherdsville, which is the Seat of Bullitt County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Stites to Shepherdsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Stites) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stites 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Stites 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 Stites. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0167, Longitude: -85.9047 In this case, the coordinates for Stites have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.30 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.483 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.834 degrees. |
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