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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 Avenstoke, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avenstoke 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 Avenstoke:
- 38.108170, -85.000444
- 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 Avenstoke
- 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Since Avenstoke is near Shelby County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Avenstoke
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avenstoke ...
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.
- Big Eddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Big Eddy is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Birdie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Castle ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clay Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village
- Drydock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Drydock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drydock
- Evergreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Farmdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Farmdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Fox Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glensboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hemp Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hemp Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp Ridge
- Hickory Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Lanes Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lanes Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mill
- Stringtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Wayside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wayside is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Avenstoke 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 Avenstoke to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Avenstoke and extending to:
- Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Avenstoke to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 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 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Avenstoke) 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 Avenstoke 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 Avenstoke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1082, Longitude: -85.0004 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.735 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.849 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.408 degrees. |
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