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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 Wisdom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wisdom 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 Wisdom:
- 37.003943, -85.719971
- 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 Wisdom
- 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 Metcalfe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Metcalfe County
- Since Wisdom is near Barren County and also Green County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Green 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 Wisdom
Communities Also Named Wisdom ...
We found three communities that are also named Wisdom.
Within Kentucky, the name Wisdom is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Graham 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 Wisdom [Graham County].
- Missouri
- Benton County
- This Wisdom is located in Benton County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wisdom that is located in Metcalfe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Wisdom.
- Montana
- Beaverhead County
- This Wisdom is located in Beaverhead County and lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wisdom that is located in Metcalfe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of Wisdom.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wisdom ...
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.
- Cedar Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Flat is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Coral Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Cork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cork is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Echo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Eighty Eight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eighty Eight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eighty Eight
- Goodluck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodluck is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- Halfway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halfway is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Kino
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kino is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kino
- Knob Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Randolph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Slick Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Summer Shade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Wisdom 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 Wisdom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wisdom and extending to:
- Edmonton, which is the Seat of Metcalfe County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Wisdom 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 490 miles [788.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,061 miles [11,363.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 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 Wisdom 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wisdom) 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 Wisdom 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 Wisdom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0039, Longitude: -85.7200 In this case, the coordinates for Wisdom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.164 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.185 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.021 degrees. |
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