Tidbits & Trivia

Introduction ...

Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Tress Shop.

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tress Shop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tress Shop and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tress Shop

• 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 Tress Shop:
  • 36.828932, -87.218335<1>
  • 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 Tress Shop

• 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 Todd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Todd County
  • Since Tress Shop is near Christian County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Tress Shop

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tress Shop ...

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.

• Carl
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Carl is located in Christian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
• Cedar Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Grove is also located in Todd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Crossroad
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Crossroad is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroad
• Everett
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Everett is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
• Gordonsville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Gordonsville is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
• Honey Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Honey Grove is located in Christian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Grove
• Justice
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Justice is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
• Liberty
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Liberty is also located in Todd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Pleasant Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Christian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Tabernacle
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Tabernacle is also located in Todd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
• Zion
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion is also located in Todd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Tress Shop 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 included the distance from a community such as Tress Shop to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tress Shop and extending to:

• Elkton, which is the Seat of Todd County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Tress Shop to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 572 miles [920.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>