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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 Higginsport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Higginsport 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 Higginsport:
- 38.789932, -83.966594
- 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 Higginsport
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Higginsport is near Bracken County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bracken County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Higginsport
Communities Also Named Higginsport ...
We found two communities that are also named Higginsport.
Within Ohio, the name Higginsport is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Higginsport [Jackson County].
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Higginsport [Bracken County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Higginsport ...
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.
- Centerpoint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centerpoint is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerpoint
- Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Felicity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gertrude
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gertrude is located in Bracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
- Hillman ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Minerva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minerva is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Reeds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reeds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Rock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Bracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rural
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Stoney Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Point is located in Bracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Stringtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Higginsport 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 village such as Higginsport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Higginsport and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Higginsport to Columbus, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 372 miles [598.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Higginsport 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Higginsport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Higginsport 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 Higginsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7899, Longitude: -83.9666 In this case, the coordinates for Higginsport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.092 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.212 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.751 degrees. |
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