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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 Witt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Witt 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 Witt:
    • 37.673138, -84.026593
    • 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 Witt
  • 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
    • Since Witt is near Madison County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Witt

Communities Also Named Witt ...

We found five communities that are also named Witt.

Within Kentucky, the name Witt is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Montgomery County
      • This Witt is located in Montgomery County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Witt that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Witt.
    • New Mexico
      • Torrance County
      • This Witt is located in Torrance County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the west of the Witt that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Torrance County community of Witt.
    • Oklahoma
      • Witt #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Witt.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Witt is located in Hamblen County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Witt that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Witt.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Witt is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Witt that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Witt.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Witt ...

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 Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Crooked Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Jinks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jinks is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jinks
  • Little Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Little Rock is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Park is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
  • Pea Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Rice Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rice Station is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Station
  • Sand Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sand Hill is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Stump
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stump is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump
  • Sweet Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweet Lick is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lick
  • Wisemantown
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Wisemantown is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisemantown

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

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

  • Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Witt to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Witt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Witt 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.
<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 Witt 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 Witt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6731, Longitude: -84.0266       In this case, the coordinates for Witt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.129 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.093 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.104 degrees.