Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wild Cat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wild Cat and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wild Cat
- 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 Wild Cat:
- 37.234535, -83.690750
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wild Cat
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Wild Cat is near Owsley County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Owsley County
- eBird sighting report for Letcher 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wild Cat ...
We found four communities that share the name Wild Cat.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Wild Cat.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kansas
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wild Cat ...
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.
- Big Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Bishop Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Bend
- Bishop Bend is located in Clay County
- Burning Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burning Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Burning Springs is located in Clay County
- Chestnutburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnutburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutburg
- Chestnutburg is located in Clay County
- Fall Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Flatwoods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Jacks Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacks Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Creek
- Jacks Creek is located in Clay County
- Littleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mistletoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Mouth of Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mouth of Hector have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouth of Hector
- Mouth of Hector is located in Clay County
- Peabody
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Red Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Sourwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Whoopflarea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whoopflarea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whoopflarea
- Whoopflarea is located in Owsley County
- Mistletoe
How Far From Wild Cat to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wild Cat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wild Cat and extending to:
- Manchester, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wild Cat 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,248 miles [10,055.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wild Cat. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Wild Cat 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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- Wild Cat) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wild Cat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2345, Longitude: -83.6907 In this case, the coordinates for Wild Cat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wild Cat to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.921 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.791 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.085 degrees. |