Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tremont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tremont and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tremont
- 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 Tremont:
- 36.843977, -83.397130
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Tremont
- 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 Harlan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harlan County
- Since Tremont is near Leslie County and also Bell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Leslie County
- eBird sighting report for Bell 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Tremont ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Tremont.
Within Kentucky, the name Tremont is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Crisp County
- This Tremont is located in Crisp County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<2> to the south of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crisp County community of Tremont.
- Richmond County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Tremont [Richmond County].
- Illinois
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Tremont [Madison County].
- Tazewell County
- This Tremont is located in Tazewell County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Tremont.
- Indiana
- Hamilton County
- This Tremont is located in Hamilton County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Tremont.
- Johnson County
- This Tremont is located in Johnson County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the northwest of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Tremont.
- Marion County
- This Tremont is located in Marion County and lies 256 miles [412 km] to the northwest of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Tremont.
- Porter County
- This Tremont is located in Porter County and lies 384 miles [618 km] to the north northwest of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Tremont.
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- This Tremont is located in Plymouth County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Tremont.
- Suffolk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Tremont [Suffolk County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Buchanan County
- Although located in Buchanan County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Tremont.
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Tremont [Polk County].
- New York
- Bronx County
- This Tremont is located in Bronx County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bronx County community of Tremont.
- New York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Tremont [New York County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Tremont lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tremont [Fayette County].
- Schuylkill County
- This Tremont is located in Schuylkill County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tremont that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Tremont.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tremont ...
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.
- Clovertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clovertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovertown
- Clovertown is located in Harlan County
- Elcomb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Fresh Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Meadows
- Fresh Meadows is located in Harlan County
- Golden Ash
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Ash have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ash
- Golden Ash is located in Harlan County
- Keith
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Layman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Mary Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Tacky Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tacky Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
- Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
- Teetersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teetersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teetersville
- Teetersville is located in Harlan County
How Far From Tremont 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 Tremont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tremont and extending to:
- Harlan, which is the Seat of Harlan County, lies just to the East.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Tremont to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 374 miles [601.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tremont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Tremont 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tremont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tremont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8440, Longitude: -83.3971 In this case, the coordinates for Tremont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tremont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Tremont to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.74 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.527 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.072 degrees. |