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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 Watergap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Watergap 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 Watergap:
- 37.636113, -82.747388
- 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 Watergap
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Watergap is near Johnson County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Watergap
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watergap ...
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.
- Allen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Allen has also been known as:
- Beaver Creek Junction
- Beaver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
- Betsy Layne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bonanza
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Bull Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Creek is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Dana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- David
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- David is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David
- Eastern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Eastern is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern
- Emma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Emma is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Hunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Martin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Odds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Odds is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odds
- Printer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pyramid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pyramid is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid
- Wonder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wonder is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder
How Far From Watergap 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 Watergap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Watergap and extending to:
- Prestonsburg, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Watergap 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 321 miles [516.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,781 miles [7,694.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Watergap) 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 Watergap 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 Watergap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6361, Longitude: -82.7474 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.347 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.192 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.564 degrees. |
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