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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 Tom Johns Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tom Johns Crossing 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 Tom Johns Crossing:
- 37.249772, -86.024417
- 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 Tom Johns Crossing
- 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 Hart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Since Tom Johns Crossing is near Edmonson County and also Barren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren 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 Tom Johns Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tom Johns Crossing ...
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.
- Big Windy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Windy is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Windy
- Cave City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cub Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dogcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Dug Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dug Hill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
- Forestville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forestville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Horse Cave
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lines Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lines Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lines Mill
- Mammoth Cave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pearman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pearman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearman
- Pine Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Springs is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Priceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Sportsmens Paradise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sportsmens Paradise is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmens Paradise
- Straw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Straw is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straw
- Union City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
How Far From Tom Johns Crossing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tom Johns Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tom Johns Crossing and extending to:
- Munfordville, which is the Seat of Hart County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Tom Johns Crossing 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 501 miles [806.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,938 miles [7,946.9 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 '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- Tom Johns Crossing) 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 Tom Johns Crossing 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 Tom Johns Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2498, Longitude: -86.0244 In this case, the coordinates for Tom Johns Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.359 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.443 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.09 degrees. |
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