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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 Walkers Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walkers Crossing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Walkers Crossing:
    • 38.027288, -83.797040
    • 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 Walkers Crossing
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Walkers Crossing is near Bath County and also Menifee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee 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 Walkers Crossing

Communities Also Named Walkers Crossing ...

We found two communities that are also named Walkers Crossing.

Within Kentucky, the name Walkers Crossing is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Walkers Crossing is located in Greenville County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Walkers Crossing that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Walkers Crossing.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Walkers Crossing [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walkers Crossing ...

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.

  • Chestnut Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Dog Trot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dog Trot is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Trot
  • Hope
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hope is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Howards Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Howards Mill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Mill
  • Little Slate Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek
  • Lucky Stop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lucky Stop is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Stop
  • Means
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Means is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means
  • Peeled Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Oak
  • Rebelsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rebelsville is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebelsville
  • Salt Lick Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Salt Lick Creek is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick Creek
  • Salt Well
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Salt Well is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Well
  • Stepstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stepstone is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepstone

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

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

  • Mount Sterling, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Walkers Crossing to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Walkers Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Walkers Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Walkers Crossing 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 Walkers Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0273, Longitude: -83.7970       In this case, the coordinates for Walkers Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.989 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.983 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.902 degrees.