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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 Volga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Volga 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 Volga:
    • 37.871851, -82.873614
    • 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 Volga
  • 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 Volga is near Lawrence County and also Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Volga

Communities Also Named Volga ...

We found eight communities that are also named Volga.

Within Kentucky, the name Volga is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson County
      • This Volga is located in Jefferson County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Volga that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Volga.
    • Iowa
      • Clayton County
      • This Volga is located in Clayton County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Volga that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Volga.
    • Manitoba
      • This Volga lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Volga that is located in Johnson County.
    • North Carolina
      • Madison 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 North Carolina community of Volga [Madison County].
    • South Dakota
      • Brookings County
      • This Volga is located in Brookings County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Volga that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brookings County community of Volga.
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • Although located in Houston County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Volga.
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This Volga is located in Barbour County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Volga that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Volga.
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk 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 Wisconsin community of Volga [Polk County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Volga ...

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.

  • Chandlerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chandlerville is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlerville
  • Falcon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Falcon is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
  • Flat Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Flatgap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lacey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lost Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lost Creek is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
  • Lower Sandlick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lower Sandlick is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Sandlick
  • Manila
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Manila is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
  • Oil Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

How Far From Volga 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 Volga to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Volga and extending to:

  • Paintsville, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Volga to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 323 miles [519.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,776 miles [7,686.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Volga) 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 Volga 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 Volga 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 Volga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8719, Longitude: -82.8736    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.423 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.313 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.548 degrees.