Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wooleyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wooleyville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wooleyville

• 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 Wooleyville:
  • 37.379233, -85.246905
  • 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 Wooleyville

• 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
  • Since Wooleyville is near Marion County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Wooleyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wooleyville ...

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.

• Bass
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bass is located in Casey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
• Calvary
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Calvary is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
• Elk Horn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Horn is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Horn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Horn <1>
• Feathersburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Feathersburg is located in Adair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg
• Hatcher
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatcher is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
• Jessietown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jessietown is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown
• Mannsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mannsville is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
• Peck Ford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Peck Ford is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford
• Speck
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Speck is located in Adair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck

How Far From Wooleyville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wooleyville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wooleyville and extending to:

• Campbellsville, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Wooleyville 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 about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 457 miles [735.5 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,899 miles [7,884.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'