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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 Trapp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trapp 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 Trapp:
    • 37.883414, -84.054925
    • 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 Trapp
  • 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since Trapp is near Powell County and also Estill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill 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 Trapp

Communities Also Named Trapp ...

We found three communities that are also named Trapp.

Within Kentucky, the name Trapp is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Neshoba County
      • This Trapp is located in Neshoba County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Trapp that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Trapp.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Trapp is located in Loudoun County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Trapp that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Trapp.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon 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 Wisconsin community of Trapp [Marathon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trapp ...

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.

  • Clarksville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksville is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Cotton Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cotton Branch is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Branch
  • Iron Mound
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Iron Mound is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mound
  • Lilly's Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lilly's Ferry is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly's Ferry
  • Log Lick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Log Lick is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lick
  • Lone Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Oak is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Pilot View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pilot View is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot View
  • Pine Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Rabbit Town
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
  • Rightangle
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rightangle is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rightangle
  • Spout Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spout Springs is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs

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

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

  • Winchester, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Trapp to Winchester, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 386 miles [621.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Trapp) 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 Trapp 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 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 Trapp 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 Trapp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8834, Longitude: -84.0549       In this case, the coordinates for Trapp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.147 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.144 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.056 degrees.