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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 Wolverine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolverine 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 Wolverine:
- 37.577988, -83.407182
- 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 Wolverine
- 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 Breathitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
- Since Wolverine is near Wolfe County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wolfe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Wolverine
Communities Also Named Wolverine ...
We found six communities that are also named Wolverine.
Within Kentucky, the name Wolverine is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Wolverine lies 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wolverine that is located in Breathitt County.
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- This Wolverine is located in Bingham County and lies 1,542 miles [2,481.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wolverine that is located in Breathitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bingham County community of Wolverine.
- Michigan
- Cheboygan County
- This Wolverine is located in Cheboygan County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the north of the Wolverine that is located in Breathitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Wolverine.
- Houghton County
- This Wolverine is located in Houghton County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the north northwest of the Wolverine that is located in Breathitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Wolverine.
- Marquette County
- 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 Michigan community of Wolverine [Marquette County].
- Tennessee
- Obion County
- This Wolverine is located in Obion County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wolverine that is located in Breathitt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Wolverine.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolverine ...
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.
- Bethany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Fivemile
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fivemile is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Frozen Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Keck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keck is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keck
- Panhandle
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Panhandle is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
- Quicksand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shoulderblade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
- War Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- War Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Creek
- Widecreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Widecreek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widecreek
How Far From Wolverine 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 Wolverine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wolverine and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Breathitt County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wolverine to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 357 miles [574.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wolverine) 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 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 Wolverine 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 Wolverine 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 Wolverine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5780, Longitude: -83.4072 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.749 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.644 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.864 degrees. |
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