Posted: 9/29/2009 5:16:30 PM EDT
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What are the seasons like in Jamestown KY? That is about 50 miles south of Lexington.
Is there snow in the winter, hot and muggy in the summer? All the details Thanks Michael |
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Striper Season, Walleye Season, Largemouth Season, and Smallmouth Season.... man if I lived that close to Lake Cumberland I would be completely useless.
Normal 4 seasons with humidity in the summer and almost no snow in the winter. It is also further than 50 miles south of Lex. |
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Good to know,  My job has me working right next to Lake Cumberland near Russel Springs.
Where can I go shooting near there? I grew up in the next town over. IM me with specific questions if you want to know anything. My dad grew up in a tiny spot that is now at the bottom of Lake Cumberland. It's a pretty area, but not exactly culturally progressive. Still, the closer to the lake you are, the better because you get a lot of influence from other areas. That is not to sound negative about it. It's a good place to live. Just if you're used to a larger town and a more diverse area, it'll be a bit of an adjustment. Four seasons yes, but you won't get a lot of snow––not deep snow––not skiing or snowmobile type snow. Maybe one or two decent snows per season. You'll get some ice though, so be prepared to drive on it. Usually there is one power outage per season due to ice. (This is a fairly new development, as when I was a kid it was colder and we got more snow and usually NOT ice––now it's ICE as a rule and the occasional snow.) Gently rolling hills to slightly steeper slopes near the lake. Lots of evergreen and hardwoods. Lots of whitetail deer, turkey, squirrel, rabbit, and doves. Spring and fall are gorgeous. Temps from a little below zero (about once for a few nights each winter during January or February) in the winter to near 100 in the summer. I have seen extremes beyond both of those. Winter of 78-79 (I think) the ambient temps got down to 17 below with wind chills 70 below. That's the only time in my life I've seen it that bad. The summer I got married, on June 25th it was 105 degrees in the shade. Those are the extremes in my lifetime, so unless you're hitting an odd statistic, you'll see about zero to 100 across the course of a season. If you're near the lake the boating and fishing will be a great pasttime if you like that stuff. Lake Cumberland is a deep lake. You'll be an easy drive from Lake Cumberland State Resort Park and Lure Lodge. The other direction about 25 miles miles is Green River Reservoir and some world-renowned fishing for....ah dang....I can't remember the name of that fish. I'll have to look. Shallow water with a lot of stickups. If your username is indicative of your job and you are a diver, you won't much like the diving up here. It's not true black water (unless the lakes are turning) but it's by no means clear and the visibility sucks. If you're looking for something in the water you're pretty much hanging a couple of feet off the bottom and feeling around. Shooting....that's tougher because I grew up in the country and could walk out my back door and shoot. You will be able to as well if you get a place outside city limits and not on State Park land. If not, make friends. Everybody there owns firearms and shoots. The trouble with that area is that there's not an easy way to get to it. If you prefer interstate driving you can drop down I-75 from Lexington and then take the Cumberland Parkway west, and it'll take you stright into Russell Springs, which is about 8-ish miles from Jamestown. That's not the SHORTEST way, as the crow flies, though. The two-lanes will take you the shortest route. 127, as the poster above said, is your way to go if you don't mind the two-lanes. ETA: If I had the choice of living in Jamestown or Russell Springs, I would choose Russell Springs, or somewhere in between the two. Kitties |
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All the details well I just moved to Frankfort and have lived here 33 days and observation 1) all the negitive sterotypes about hillbilly/rednecks is sadly true   2) car insurance is through the roof, cause, as
my new agent told me, half the people here do not have car insurance  on a 12 year old car that I have, full coverage in OH cost me
$600 a year, in KY it's almost $1500    what the fuck oh BTW make sure you have your insurance transfered to KY coverage before
you try to get your KY car tags. YMMV 
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Quoted: Quoted: All the details well I just moved to Frankfort and have lived here 33 days and observation 1) all the negitive sterotypes about hillbilly/rednecks is sadly true 2) car insurance is through the roof, cause, asmy new agent told me, half the people here do not have car insurance on a 12 year old car that I have, full coverage in OH cost me$600 a year, in KY it's almost $1500 what the fuck oh BTW make sure you have your insurance transfered to KY coverage beforeyou try to get your KY car tags. YMMV my state farm doubled from SC....for a month...till i switched to liberty mutual.. and saved >$1200 annually..Ymmv  |
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All the details well I just moved to Frankfort and have lived here 33 days and observation 1) all the negitive sterotypes about hillbilly/rednecks is sadly true 2) car insurance is through the roof, cause, as
my new agent told me, half the people here do not have car insurance on a 12 year old car that I have, full coverage in OH cost me
$600 a year, in KY it's almost $1500 what the fuck oh BTW make sure you have your insurance transfered to KY coverage before
you try to get your KY car tags. YMMV Nothing to bitch about, at least you got a job now!! 
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Quoted: Quoted: All the details well I just moved to Frankfort and have lived here 33 days and observation 1) all the negitive sterotypes about hillbilly/rednecks is sadly true 2) car insurance is through the roof, cause, asmy new agent told me, half the people here do not have car insurance on a 12 year old car that I have, full coverage in OH cost me$600 a year, in KY it's almost $1500 what the fuck oh BTW make sure you have your insurance transfered to KY coverage beforeyou try to get your KY car tags. YMMV Whoa, $1500 a year on a 12 year old car!?!?! Something is VERY wrong unless we're talking a real nice high dollar 12 year old car, or you have tickets on your record, or your under 25 years old. If you kept your original insurance when you moved, you should seriously shop around for a new rate. It doesn't take all that long to get estimates online from the various carriers to match the coverage that you currently have. |
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All the details well I just moved to Frankfort and have lived here 33 days and observation 1) all the negitive sterotypes about hillbilly/rednecks is sadly true 2) car insurance is through the roof, cause, as
my new agent told me, half the people here do not have car insurance on a 12 year old car that I have, full coverage in OH cost me
$600 a year, in KY it's almost $1500 what the fuck oh BTW make sure you have your insurance transfered to KY coverage before
you try to get your KY car tags. YMMV Nothing to bitch about, at least you got a job now!!
except the job's not going all that great, which is a whole other story 
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All the details well I just moved to Frankfort and have lived here 33 days and observation 1) all the negitive sterotypes about hillbilly/rednecks is sadly true 2) car insurance is through the roof, cause, as
my new agent told me, half the people here do not have car insurance on a 12 year old car that I have, full coverage in OH cost me
$600 a year, in KY it's almost $1500 what the fuck oh BTW make sure you have your insurance transfered to KY coverage before
you try to get your KY car tags. YMMV Whoa, $1500 a year on a 12 year old car!?!?! Something is VERY wrong unless we're talking a real nice high dollar 12 year old car, or you have tickets on your record, or your under 25 years old. If you kept your original insurance when you moved, you should seriously shop around for a new rate. It doesn't take all that long to get estimates online from the various carriers to match the coverage that you currently have. just a chevy cav ZERO tickets/claims 41 I kept nationwise since it was easyer/quicker, and it was already paid through Jan, and ASSUMED that it would be the same price
now to be fair I do have rather "thick" insurance, nowhere near state min, so I'm sure that would have something to do with it. What I'm getting/bitching about is same policy-same insurance company, is WAY the fuck higher here
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Quoted: Ahhh, it's unfortunate, but I think thats the problem. See, nsurance companies are a lot like cell phone companies. They DO NOT reward loyalty. Current and long term customers typically do not get access to the "good" rates.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: All the details well I just moved to Frankfort and have lived here 33 days and observation 1) all the negitive sterotypes about hillbilly/rednecks is sadly true 2) car insurance is through the roof, cause, asmy new agent told me, half the people here do not have car insurance on a 12 year old car that I have, full coverage in OH cost me$600 a year, in KY it's almost $1500 what the fuck oh BTW make sure you have your insurance transfered to KY coverage beforeyou try to get your KY car tags. YMMV Whoa, $1500 a year on a 12 year old car!?!?! Something is VERY wrong unless we're talking a real nice high dollar 12 year old car, or you have tickets on your record, or your under 25 years old. If you kept your original insurance when you moved, you should seriously shop around for a new rate. It doesn't take all that long to get estimates online from the various carriers to match the coverage that you currently have. just a chevy cav ZERO tickets/claims 41 I kept nationwise since it was easyer/quicker, and it was already paid through Jan, and ASSUMED that it would be the same price now to be fair I do have rather "thick" insurance, nowhere near state min, so I'm sure that would have something to do with it. What I'm getting/bitching about is same policy-same insurance company, is WAY the fuck higher here I went through this about 4 years ago. I had been with Allstate since I was 16 years old, right now I'm 38......so it was a looooong relationship. At the time, my record was spotless, all wrecks and tickets had dropped off years ago, but yet my rate hadn't changed all that much. I then was talking to a friend's father who was a very successful doctor, and he told me that his money guy had recommended him to check your insurance rates every two years. Just make sure you compare apples to apples in coverage. So I looked into it and grabbed my Allstate policy and proceeded to mimic it's exact coverage and deductibles with the online rate calculators on all the insurance company's sites. Progressive was the best at that time, and they were quoting me a hair over $450 savings for a full year than what I was paying at Allstate!! $450!!! That's nothing to sneeze at imo! I then called my agent that had been with my family forever, and he couldn't do anything for me, and admitted, the insurance companies like the "new" customers :( He told me, "I bet if you switch, and come back to me in a year, the rate will be real close." Sure enough, I switched to Progressive for a year, and then checked the rate at Allstate......I saved another $100 Do yourself a favor.....CHECK THE ONLINE RATE CALCULATORS!!!! You can really save a lot of money.......possibly. I'm 38, have a 2001 truck and a 2006 Corvette, and I pay right around $900 a year with full and pretty substantially complete coverage on both.....you're being screwed!  |