Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Talmage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Talmage and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Talmage
- 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 Talmage:
- 37.850909, -84.869396
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Talmage
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Talmage is near Woodford County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Woodford County
- eBird sighting report for Anderson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Talmage ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Talmage.
Within Kentucky, the name Talmage is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Talmage lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Talmage that is located in Mercer County.
- Texas
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Talmage ...
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.
- Bondville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Bushtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Cornishville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornishville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornishville
- Cornishville is located in Mercer County
- Ebenezer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Harrodsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrodsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrodsburg
- Harrodsburg is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,544 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrodsburg <4>
- High Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- High Bridge is located in Jessamine County
- Mayo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Nonesuch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Oregon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Shakertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakertown
- Shakertown is located in Mercer County
- Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Mercer County
- Terrapin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Talmage to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Talmage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Talmage and extending to:
- Harrodsburg, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the South.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Talmage to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 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 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Talmage. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 Talmage 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 from Point A (ie- Talmage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Talmage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8509, Longitude: -84.8694 In this case, the coordinates for Talmage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Talmage to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.651 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.716 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.422 degrees. |