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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 Tutor Key, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tutor Key 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 Tutor Key:
- 37.844538, -82.766826
- 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 Tutor Key
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Tutor Key is near Lawrence County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Tutor Key
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tutor Key ...
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.
- Brows Defeat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brows Defeat is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brows Defeat
- Chandlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chandlerville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlerville
- Charley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Charley is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley
- Chestnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Flatgap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flatgap is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatgap
- Georges Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek
- Lost Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Manila
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Manila is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Odds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Odds is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odds
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oil Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
- Paintsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Peach Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Swamp Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
How Far From Tutor Key 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 include the distance from a community such as Tutor Key to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tutor Key and extending to:
- Paintsville, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tutor Key to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 318 miles [511.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,773 miles [7,681.4 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' (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- Tutor Key) 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 Tutor Key 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 Tutor Key. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8445, Longitude: -82.7668 In this case, the coordinates for Tutor Key have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.358 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.235 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.51 degrees. |
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