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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 Yocum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yocum 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 Yocum:
    • 37.983012, -83.325524
    • 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 Yocum
  • 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Yocum is near Rowan County and also Menifee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee 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 Yocum

Communities Also Named Yocum ...

We found four communities that are also named Yocum.

Within Kentucky, the name Yocum is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Carroll County
      • This Yocum is located in Carroll County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the west of the Yocum that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Yocum.
    • Kansas
      • Wallace 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 Kansas community of Yocum [Wallace County].
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Bates County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Yocum.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • This Yocum is located in Prince William County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the east of the Yocum that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Yocum.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yocum ...

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.

  • Bear Wallow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
  • Blaze
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Blaze is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaze
  • Bonny
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bonny is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny
  • Hickory Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Index
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Index is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Leisure
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Leisure is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
  • Liberty Road
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Liberty Road is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Road
  • Licking River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Licking River is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licking River
  • Neal Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Neal Valley is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Valley
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pomp
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pomp is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomp
    • Redwine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Redwine is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwine
    • Rush Branch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rush Branch is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Branch
    • Straight Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Straight Creek is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
    • Twentysix
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twentysix is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentysix
    • Woodsbend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Woodsbend is located in Morgan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsbend

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

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

  • West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Yocum to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 5 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 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yocum) 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 Yocum 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>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 Yocum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Yocum 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 Yocum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9830, Longitude: -83.3255    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.699 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.645 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.71 degrees.