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

  • 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 Bourne:
    • 37.709801, -84.612997
    • 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 Bourne
  • 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 Garrard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Garrard County
    • Since Bourne is near Jessamine County and also Boyle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jessamine County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boyle 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 Bourne

Communities Also Named Bourne ...

We found four communities that are also named Bourne.

Within Kentucky, the name Bourne is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Barnstable County
      • This Bourne is located in Barnstable County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bourne that is located in Garrard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Bourne.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This Bourne is located in Baker County and lies 1,796 miles [2,890.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bourne that is located in Garrard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Bourne.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bourne [Bradford County].
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Bourne is located in Stafford County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the east of the Bourne that is located in Garrard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Bourne.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bourne ...

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.

  • Buckeye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Buckeye is located in Garrard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Hall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hall is located in Jessamine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Hedgeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hedgeville is located in Boyle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeville
  • Little Hickman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Hickman is located in Jessamine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hickman
  • Marksbury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Marksbury is located in Garrard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksbury
  • Pink
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pink is located in Jessamine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
  • Stone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Stone is located in Garrard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
  • Three Forks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Three Forks is located in Garrard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
  • Toddville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Toddville is located in Garrard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville

How Far From Bourne to ...

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

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

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Garrard County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Bourne to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,264 miles [10,080.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bourne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bourne 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.
<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 Bourne 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 Bourne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7098, Longitude: -84.6130       In this case, the coordinates for Bourne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.491 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.512 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.349 degrees.