Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Airport Gardens:
  • 37.287040, -83.202951
  • 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 Airport Gardens

• 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
  • Since Airport Gardens is near Knott County and also Leslie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Knott County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Leslie 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 Airport Gardens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Airport Gardens ...

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.

• Busy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Busy is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
• Butterfly
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Butterfly is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
• Christopher
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Christopher is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
• Combs
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Combs is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
• Dice
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dice is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
• Dunraven
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Dunraven is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunraven
• Dwarf
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dwarf is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf
• Hardburly
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hardburly is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly
• Hazard
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hazard is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,785 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazard <1>
• Typo
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Typo is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Typo
• Walkertown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Walkertown is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
• Woodland Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodland Park is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

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

• Hazard, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the South.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Airport Gardens to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 352 miles [566.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,815 miles [7,749 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'