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 Ballardsville:
38.317847, -85.539405
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 Ballardsville
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 two communities that are also named Ballardsville.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Ballardsville.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Ballardsville in the United States.
Communities Located In Kentucky ...
Oldham County
This Ballardsville is located in Oldham County and lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ballardsville that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oldham County community of Ballardsville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Mississippi
Itawamba County
This Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ballardsville that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Ballardsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ballardsville ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ballardsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ballardsville and extending to:
Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ballardsville to Louisville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 460 miles [740.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ballardsville) 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.
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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.
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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 Ballardsville 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 Ballardsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3178, Longitude: -85.5394 In this case, the coordinates for Ballardsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.074 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.268 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.589 degrees.