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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 Wolfpit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolfpit 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 Wolfpit:
    • 37.352884, -82.422927
    • 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 Wolfpit
  • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Wolfpit is near Dickenson County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Wolfpit

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolfpit ...

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.

  • Beaver Bottom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Bottom is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bottom
  • Beaver Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Cedarville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Daniels Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Daniels Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Creek
  • Dry Fork
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Dry Fork is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
  • Edgewater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgewater is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Federal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Federal is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
  • Greasy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Creek
  • Henry Clay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Henry Clay is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
  • Honey Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Honey Fork is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Fork
  • Justiceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Justiceville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justiceville
  • Lookout
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lookout is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Lower Greasy Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
    • Marrowbone
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Marrowbone is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
    • Republic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Republic is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
    • Road Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Road Junction is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Road Junction
    • Rockhouse
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockhouse is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wolfpit and extending to:

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wolfpit to Pikeville, with an average speed<2> 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 145 miles [233.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,779 miles [7,691.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Wolfpit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Wolfpit 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 Wolfpit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3529, Longitude: -82.4229       In this case, the coordinates for Wolfpit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.152 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.928 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.511 degrees.