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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 Burdick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burdick 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 Burdick:
    • 37.273674, -85.376074
    • 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 Burdick
  • 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Since Burdick is near Green County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Burdick

Communities Also Named Burdick ...

We found three communities that are also named Burdick.

Within Kentucky, the name Burdick is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Porter County
      • This Burdick is located in Porter County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burdick that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Burdick.
    • Kansas
      • Morris County
      • This Burdick is located in Morris County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Burdick that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Burdick.
    • Michigan
      • Isabella 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 Michigan community of Burdick [Isabella County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burdick ...

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.

  • Black Gnat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Gnat is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Gnat
  • Bluff Boom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bluff Boom is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Boom
  • Elk Horn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fry is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
  • Hatcher
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hatcher is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
  • Kellyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kellyville is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
  • Milltown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Milltown is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Roachville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Roachville is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
  • Romine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Romine is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romine
  • Speck
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Speck is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
  • Summersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Summersville is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville

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

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

  • Campbellsville, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Burdick to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. 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 466 miles [750 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 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burdick) 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 Burdick 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Burdick 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 Burdick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2737, Longitude: -85.3761       In this case, the coordinates for Burdick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.957 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.985 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.801 degrees.