Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yancey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yancey and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yancey
- 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 Yancey:
- 36.768698, -83.320738
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Yancey
- 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 Harlan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harlan County
- Since Yancey is near Lee County and also Bell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- eBird sighting report for Bell 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Yancey ...
We found five communities that share the name Yancey.
Within Kentucky, the name Yancey is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Hunt 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 Texas community of Yancey [Hunt County].
- Medina County
- This Yancey is located in Medina County and lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Yancey that is located in Harlan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Yancey.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yancey ...
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.
- Bobs Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County
- Chevrolet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Clovertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clovertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovertown
- Clovertown is located in Harlan County
- Elcomb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Farmers Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mill
- Farmers Mill is located in Harlan County
- Fresh Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Meadows
- Fresh Meadows is located in Harlan County
- Martins Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Fork
- Martins Fork is located in Harlan County
- Mary Alice
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County
- Mary Helen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mary Helen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Helen
- Mary Helen is located in Harlan County
- Pansy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Smiley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Sunshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Teetersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teetersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teetersville
- Teetersville is located in Harlan County
- Three Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Point
- Three Point is located in Harlan County
How Far From Yancey 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 Yancey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yancey and extending to:
- Harlan, which is the Seat of Harlan County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Yancey to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 372 miles [598.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yancey. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Yancey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Yancey 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yancey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yancey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7687, Longitude: -83.3207 In this case, the coordinates for Yancey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Yancey to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.693 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.463 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.061 degrees. |