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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 Stony Fork Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Fork Junction 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 Stony Fork Junction:
- 36.601726, -83.752118
- 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 Stony Fork Junction
- 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 Bell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bell County
- Since Stony Fork Junction is near Claiborne County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Stony Fork Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Fork Junction ...
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.
- Arthur
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Arthur is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Combs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Combs is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Ferndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Fork Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fork Ridge is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge
- Premier
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Reliance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- River View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- River View is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Town Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Town Creek is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Yellow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Stony Fork Junction 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 Stony Fork Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Stony Fork Junction and extending to:
- Pineville, which is the Seat of Bell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stony Fork Junction to Pineville, with an average speed<2> 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 126 miles [202.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 399 miles [642.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stony Fork Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Stony Fork Junction 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 Stony Fork Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6017, Longitude: -83.7521 In this case, the coordinates for Stony Fork Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.952 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.736 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.289 degrees. |
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