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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 Tribune, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tribune 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 Tribune:
- 37.347827, -87.991965
- 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 Tribune
- 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 Crittenden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
- Since Tribune is near Caldwell County and also Webster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Tribune
Communities Also Named Tribune ...
We found four communities that are also named Tribune.
Within Kentucky, the name Tribune is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Greeley County
- This Tribune is located in Greeley County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tribune that is located in Crittenden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greeley County community of Tribune.
- Missouri
- Pulaski 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 Missouri community of Tribune [Pulaski County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Tribune lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tribune that is located in Crittenden County.
- Texas
- Grayson County
- This Tribune is located in Grayson County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tribune that is located in Crittenden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Tribune.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tribune ...
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.
- Deanwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deanwood is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanwood
- Derby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Flat Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Harper Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harper Ford is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Ford
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mexico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Piney Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Rufus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rufus is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Tom Gray Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tom Gray Ford is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Gray Ford
- View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- View is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
- Virginia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
How Far From Tribune 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 Tribune to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tribune and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Crittenden County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Tribune to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 604 miles [972 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,415 miles [10,323.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tribune) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tribune 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tribune 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 Tribune. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3478, Longitude: -87.9920 In this case, the coordinates for Tribune have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.60 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.883 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.936 degrees. |
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