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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 Walche Cut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walche Cut 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 Walche Cut:
- 37.096437, -87.797790
- 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 Walche Cut
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Walche Cut is near Hopkins County and also Christian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian 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 Walche Cut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walche Cut ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Crowtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crowtown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowtown
- Dawson Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Lakeshore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeshore is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Murphy Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Murphy Ford is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Ford
- Otter Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Otter Pond is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Pond
- Pumpkin Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
How Far From Walche Cut 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 Walche Cut to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Walche Cut and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Walche Cut 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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 598 miles [962.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 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- Walche Cut) 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 Walche Cut 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 Walche Cut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0964, Longitude: -87.7978 In this case, the coordinates for Walche Cut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.468 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.696 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.91 degrees. |
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