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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 Van Cleave, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Van Cleave 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 Van Cleave:
- 36.654499, -88.238924
- 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 Van Cleave
- 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 Calloway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway County
- Since Van Cleave is near Marshall County and also Trigg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trigg 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 Van Cleave
Curious and Interesting Names Near Van Cleave ...
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.
- Aurora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Freeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Freeland is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Harris Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Murray
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Penny
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Penny is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pottertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pottertown is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottertown
- Rushing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rushing is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
- Walnut Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Van Cleave 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 Van Cleave to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Van Cleave and extending to:
- Murray, which is the Seat of Calloway County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Van Cleave to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 630 miles [1,013.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,059 miles [8,141.7 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 '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- Van Cleave) 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 Van Cleave 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 Van Cleave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6545, Longitude: -88.2389 In this case, the coordinates for Van Cleave have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.729 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.935 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.208 degrees. |
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