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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 Winifred, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winifred 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 Winifred:
    • 37.946202, -82.854607
    • 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 Winifred
  • 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Since Winifred is near Lawrence County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Winifred

Communities Also Named Winifred ...

We found three communities that are also named Winifred.

Within Kentucky, the name Winifred is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Gove 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 Kansas community of Winifred [Gove County].
      • Marshall County
      • This Winifred is located in Marshall County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Winifred that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Winifred.
    • Montana
      • Fergus County
      • This Winifred is located in Fergus County and lies 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Winifred that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Winifred.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winifred ...

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.

  • Blaine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Chandlerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Chandlerville is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlerville
  • Charley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Charley is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley
  • Elm Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Flatgap
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Flatgap is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatgap
  • Manila
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Manila is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
  • Martha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Martha is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
  • Mattie ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mattie is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
  • Prosperity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Prosperity is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Redbush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Redbush is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
  • Relief
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Relief is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
  • Terryville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Terryville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
  • Tutor Key
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tutor Key is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key

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

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

  • Paintsville, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winifred to Paintsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,182 miles [9,949 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Winifred 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winifred) 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 Winifred 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 Winifred. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9462, Longitude: -82.8546       In this case, the coordinates for Winifred have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.411 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.31 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.517 degrees.