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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 Ashland Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashland Park 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 Ashland Park:
- 38.025078, -84.477438
- 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 Ashland Park
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Ashland Park is near Jessamine County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jessamine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Ashland Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashland Park ...
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.
- Blueberry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blueberry Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hill
- Chevy Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chevy Chase is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
- Colony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Deep Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Springs is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Elkhorn Parks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn Parks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Parks
- Fairway
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
- Gamesway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gamesway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamesway
- Garden Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garden Springs is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Springs
- Gardenside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gardenside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
- Hermitage Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
- Holiday Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Idle Hour
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Idle Hour is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idle Hour
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jonestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jonestown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Liberty Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Liberty Heights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Open Gates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Open Gates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Gates
- Pine Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Meadows is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
- Rockwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Sandersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandersville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Shadeland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shadeland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Stoneybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneybrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Oaks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Ashland Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ashland Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ashland Park and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Ashland Park to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ashland Park 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 Ashland Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0251, Longitude: -84.4774 In this case, the coordinates for Ashland Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.409 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.464 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.201 degrees. |
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