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Welcome to Big Windy ...

Big Windy is located in Hart County<1>.

Big Windy is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Big Windy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Big Windy (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Big Windy: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Big Windy ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Windy.

  • Leitchfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cave City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Horse Cave
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Munfordville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Clarkson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Smiths Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Upton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Park City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sonora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Big Windy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Windy.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big Windy. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Windy.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Windy. See our Newspapers Page for Big Windy.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Windy ...

Looking for more information about Big Windy? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Big Windy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Big Windy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Hart, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Big Windy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Big Windy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Big Windy area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.