Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bon Air Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bon Air Hills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bon Air Hills

• 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 Bon Air Hills:
  • 38.192850, -84.825227
  • 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 Bon Air Hills

• 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Since Bon Air Hills is near Woodford County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Bon Air Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bon Air Hills ...

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
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Eddy is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
• Duckers
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Duckers is located in Woodford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckers
• Evergreen
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Farmdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmdale is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
• Forks of Elkhorn
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Forks of Elkhorn is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Elkhorn
• Harvieland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Harvieland is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvieland
• Indian Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Indian Hills is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Jett
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Jett is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
• Lanes Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lanes Mill is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mill
• Peaks Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Peaks Mill is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaks Mill
• Sand Lick
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sand Lick is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lick
• Slickway
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Slickway is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickway
• Woodlake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Woodlake is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake

How Far From Bon Air Hills 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 Bon Air Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bon Air Hills and extending to:

• Frankfort, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the West.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies just to the west (W).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bon Air Hills to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'