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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 Tousey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tousey 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 Tousey:
- 37.514412, -86.548061
- 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 Tousey
- 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Since Tousey is near Breckinridge County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Tousey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tousey ...
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.
- Do Stop
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Do Stop is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Do Stop
- Falling Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Branch is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
- Falls-of-Rough
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corner is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
- Jugville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jugville is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugville
- Pine Knob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Knob is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knob
- Post
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Post is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post
- Short Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spring Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Tousey 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 Tousey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tousey and extending to:
- Leitchfield, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Tousey to Leitchfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 102 miles [164.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 524 miles [843.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,073 miles [11,382.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,949 miles [7,964.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tousey) 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 Tousey 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 Tousey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5144, Longitude: -86.5481 In this case, the coordinates for Tousey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.693 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.864 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.252 degrees. |
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