Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Athertonville:
  • 37.635617, -85.604129
  • 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 Athertonville

• 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 Larue County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Larue County
  • Since Athertonville is near Nelson County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Athertonville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Athertonville ...

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.

• Balltown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Balltown is located in Nelson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
• Boundary Oak
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Boundary Oak is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary Oak
• Buffalo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
• Gethsemane
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Gethsemane is located in Nelson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
• Ginseng
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Ginseng is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginseng
• Gleanings
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gleanings is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings
• Holy Cross
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Holy Cross is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
• Howardstown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Howardstown is located in Nelson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
• Leafdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leafdale is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leafdale
• Lyons
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lyons is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
• Younger Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Younger Creek is located in Hardin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Younger Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Athertonville and extending to:

• Hodgenville, which is the Seat of Larue County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Athertonville to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 472 miles [759.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,904 miles [7,892.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'