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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 Tatham Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tatham Springs 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 Tatham Springs:
- 37.865884, -85.123803
- 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 Tatham Springs
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Tatham Springs is near Anderson County and also Nelson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson 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 Tatham Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tatham Springs ...
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.
- Battle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Battle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Bushtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bushtown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushtown
- Chaplin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cornishville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Drydock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drydock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drydock
- Glensboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickory Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Jenkinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mackville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Maud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maud is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Mayo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Seaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sparrow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Terrapin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Terrapin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin
- Valley Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
How Far From Tatham Springs 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 Tatham Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tatham Springs and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tatham Springs to Springfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 443 miles [712.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,998 miles [11,262.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tatham Springs) 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 Tatham Springs 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 Tatham Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8659, Longitude: -85.1238 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.809 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.90 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.53 degrees. |
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