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 Audubon Park:
38.205038, -85.726954
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 Audubon 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Audubon Park.
Within Kentucky, the name Audubon Park is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Audubon Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Audubon Park that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Audubon Park.
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
This Audubon Park is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Audubon Park that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Audubon Park.
South Carolina
Sumter County
This Audubon Park is located in Sumter County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Audubon Park that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Audubon Park.
Texas
Harris County
This Audubon Park is located in Harris County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Audubon Park that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Audubon Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Audubon 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.
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 city such as Audubon Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Audubon Park and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Audubon Park to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 471 miles [758 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 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Audubon Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Audubon 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 Audubon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2050, Longitude: -85.7270 In this case, the coordinates for Audubon Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.191 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.385 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.704 degrees.