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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 Barnsley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barnsley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Barnsley:
    • 37.256989, -87.489721
    • 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 Barnsley
  • 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 Hopkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
    • Since Barnsley is near Christian County and also Muhlenberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Muhlenberg 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 Barnsley

Communities Also Named Barnsley ...

We found three communities that are also named Barnsley.

Within Kentucky, the name Barnsley is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Barnsley [Bartow County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Barnsley lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Barnsley that is located in Hopkins County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Barnsley is located in Chester County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Barnsley that is located in Hopkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Barnsley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barnsley ...

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.

  • Coiltown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Coiltown is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coiltown
  • Daniel Boone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Daniel Boone is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Boone
  • Earles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Earles is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles
  • Empire
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Empire is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Fiddle Bow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
  • Graham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Graham is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Grapevine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Grapevine is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Little Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Valley is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
  • Murphy Ford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Murphy Ford is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Ford
  • Oriole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oriole is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
  • Pee Vee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pee Vee is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Vee
  • Rabbit Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Rabbit Ridge is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Ridge
  • Sixth Vein
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sixth Vein is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixth Vein

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barnsley and extending to:

  • Madisonville, which is the Seat of Hopkins County, lies just to the North.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Barnsley to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 579 miles [931.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Barnsley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barnsley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Barnsley 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 Barnsley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2570, Longitude: -87.4897       In this case, the coordinates for Barnsley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.279 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.501 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.734 degrees.