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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 Stump, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stump 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 Stump:
    • 37.725060, -83.995988
    • 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 Stump
  • 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
    • Since Stump is near Madison County and also Powell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell 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 Stump

Communities Also Named Stump ...

We found one communities that are also named Stump.

Within Kentucky, the name Stump is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Stump in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Washington 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 Virginia community of Stump [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stump ...

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.

  • Bogie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bogie is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogie
  • Cedar Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cow Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cow Creek is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
  • Crooked Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Fox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
  • Little Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Rock is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Marbleyard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Marbleyard is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbleyard
  • Pea Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Rice Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rice Station is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Station
  • Sand Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Sand Hill is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Sweet Lick
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Sweet Lick is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lick
  • Wisemantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Wisemantown is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisemantown

How Far From Stump 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 Stump to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stump and extending to:

  • Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Stump to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 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 Stump 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 '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- Stump) 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 Stump 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 Stump. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7251, Longitude: -83.9960       In this case, the coordinates for Stump have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.11 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.079 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.076 degrees.