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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 Birk City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birk City 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 Birk City:
    • 37.785324, -87.284446
    • 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 Birk City
  • 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 Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
    • Since Birk City is near Henderson County and also Spencer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer 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 Birk City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birk City ...

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.

  • Bluff City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bluff City is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
  • Curdsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Curdsville is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
  • Delaware
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Delaware is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
  • Elba
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Elba is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
  • Enterprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Enterprise is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Eureka
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eureka is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Panther
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Panther is located in Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
  • Patronville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Patronville is located in Spencer County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patronville
  • Red Bush
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Red Bush is located in Warrick County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bush
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Reed
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Reed is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
    • Sand Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Spencer County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Spottsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Spottsville is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottsville
    • Stanley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tuck
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tuck is located in Daviess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck
    • Yankeetown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Yankeetown is located in Warrick County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown

How Far From Birk City to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Birk City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Birk City and extending to:

  • Owensboro, which is the Seat of Daviess County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Birk City to Owensboro, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 134 miles [215.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birk City) 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 Birk City 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 Birk City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7853, Longitude: -87.2844       In this case, the coordinates for Birk City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.165 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.444 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.512 degrees.