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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 Whitewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitewood 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 Whitewood:
    • 37.283673, -85.436076
    • 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 Whitewood
  • 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 Green County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
    • Since Whitewood is near Taylor County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Whitewood

Communities Also Named Whitewood ...

We found five communities that are also named Whitewood.

Within Kentucky, the name Whitewood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Whitewood [Wayne County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Whitewood is located in Bucks County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whitewood that is located in Green County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Whitewood.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Whitewood lies 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Whitewood that is located in Green County.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This Whitewood is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Whitewood that is located in Green County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Whitewood.
    • Virginia
      • Buchanan County
      • This Whitewood is located in Buchanan County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the east of the Whitewood that is located in Green County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Whitewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitewood ...

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.

  • Black Gnat
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Black Gnat is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Gnat
  • Bluff Boom
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Bluff Boom is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Boom
  • Elk Horn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Fry is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
  • Grab
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Grab is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grab
  • Hatcher
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hatcher is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
  • Kellyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kellyville is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
  • Mac
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mac is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
  • Roachville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Roachville is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
  • Romine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Romine is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romine
  • Summersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Summersville is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville

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

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

  • Greensburg, which is the Seat of Green County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Whitewood to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. 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 469 miles [754.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,912 miles [7,905.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Whitewood 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Whitewood 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 Whitewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2837, Longitude: -85.4361       In this case, the coordinates for Whitewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.994 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.029 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.824 degrees.