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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 Tannery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tannery 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 Tannery:
    • 38.543967, -83.215736
    • 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 Tannery
  • 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Since Tannery is near Adams County and also Carter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter 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 Tannery

Communities Also Named Tannery ...

We found ten communities that are also named Tannery.

Within Kentucky, the name Tannery is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Allegany 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 Maryland community of Tannery [Allegany County].
      • Carroll County
      • This Tannery is located in Carroll County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tannery that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Tannery.
    • Ontario
      • This Tannery lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tannery that is located in Lewis County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Carbon 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 Pennsylvania community of Tannery [Carbon County].
      • Indiana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tannery [Indiana County].
      • Luzerne County
      • This Tannery is located in Luzerne County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tannery that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Tannery.
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tannery [Potter County].
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • This Tannery is located in Hardy County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the east of the Tannery that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Tannery.
      • Preston 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 West Virginia community of Tannery [Preston County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Lincoln 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 Wisconsin community of Tannery [Lincoln County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tannery ...

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.

  • Boone Furnace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
  • Brushart
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Brushart is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushart
  • Carter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Carter is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Pond Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
  • Poplar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Poplar is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Rockville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockville is located in Adams County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Sandy Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Springs is located in Adams County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
  • Upper Bruce
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Upper Bruce is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Bruce

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tannery and extending to:

  • Vanceburg, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tannery to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 6 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 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 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 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 Tannery 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 from Point A (ie- Tannery) 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 Tannery 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 Tannery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5440, Longitude: -83.2157       In this case, the coordinates for Tannery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.628 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.646 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.493 degrees.