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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 Temperance, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Temperance 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 Temperance:
- 36.776985, -86.431104
- 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 Temperance
- 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 Simpson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
- Since Temperance is near Allen County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Temperance
Communities Also Named Temperance ...
We found three communities that are also named Temperance.
Within Kentucky, the name Temperance is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Telfair County
- This Temperance is located in Telfair County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Temperance that is located in Simpson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Telfair County community of Temperance.
- Michigan
- Monroe County
- This Temperance is located in Monroe County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Temperance that is located in Simpson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Temperance.
- South Carolina
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Temperance [Marion County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Temperance ...
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.
- Butlersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Butlersville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlersville
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Clare
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clare is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gold City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Halfway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Hickory Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Pope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
How Far From Temperance 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 Temperance to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Temperance and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Simpson County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Temperance to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 532 miles [856.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,101 miles [11,428 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,976 miles [8,008.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Temperance) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Temperance 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Temperance 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 Temperance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7770, Longitude: -86.4311 In this case, the coordinates for Temperance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.60 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.653 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.388 degrees. |
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