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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 Buck Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buck Grove 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 Buck Grove:
    • 37.918670, -86.127531
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Buck Grove
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Buck Grove ...

We found three communities that share the name Buck Grove.

Within Kentucky, the name Buck Grove is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Crawford County
      • This Buck Grove is located in Crawford County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Buck Grove that is located in Meade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Buck Grove.
      • Grundy County
      • This Buck Grove is located in Grundy County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km] to the northwest of the Buck Grove that is located in Meade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Buck Grove.
    • Kansas
      • Jackson 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 Kansas community of Buck Grove [Jackson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buck Grove ...

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.

  • Cedar Farm Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Farm Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farm Landing
    • Cedar Farm Landing is located in Harrison County (IN)
  • Haysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haysville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
    • Haysville is located in Meade County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Haysville
    • From Buck Grove to Haysville
  • Hillgrove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
    • Hillgrove is located in Meade County
  • Hughes Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing
    • Hughes Landing is located in Meade County
  • Lickskillet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lickskillet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
    • Lickskillet is located in Meade County
  • Maples Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rock Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
    • Rock Haven is located in Meade County
  • Tobacco Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tobacco Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco Landing
    • Tobacco Landing is located in Harrison County (IN)

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

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

  • Brandenburg, which is the Seat of Meade County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Buck Grove to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 496 miles [798.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,914 miles [7,908.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buck Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

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- Buck Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buck Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9187, Longitude: -86.1275       In this case, the coordinates for Buck Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Buck Grove 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Buck Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.438 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.628 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.96 degrees.




 

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