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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 Calvary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calvary 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 Calvary:
    • 37.515621, -85.262461
    • 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 Calvary
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Calvary is near Taylor County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Calvary

Communities Also Named Calvary ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Calvary.

Within Kentucky, the name Calvary is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marengo County
      • This Calvary is located in Marengo County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Calvary.
    • Georgia
      • Decatur 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 Georgia community of Calvary [Decatur County].
      • Grady County
      • This Calvary is located in Grady County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the south of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Calvary.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Calvary [Cook County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Calvary is located in Harford County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Calvary.
    • Mississippi
      • Winston County
      • This Calvary is located in Winston County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Calvary.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Calvary.
      • Morgan 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 Ohio community of Calvary [Morgan County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dyer County
      • This Calvary is located in Dyer County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Calvary.
    • Texas
      • Wood County
      • This Calvary is located in Wood County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Calvary.
    • Virginia
      • Shenandoah County
      • This Calvary is located in Shenandoah County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Calvary.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Calvary that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Calvary.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Calvary ...

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.

  • Belltown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Belltown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
  • Frogtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Frogtown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Gravel Switch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Gravel Switch is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch
  • Jessietown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jessietown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown
  • Jimtown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jimtown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Mannsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Mannsville is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
  • Peck Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Peck Ford is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford
  • Poplar Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Poplar Corner is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner
  • Texas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Texas is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
  • Willowtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Willowtown is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown

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

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

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the North.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Calvary to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Calvary) 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 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 Calvary 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Calvary, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Calvary 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 Calvary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5156, Longitude: -85.2625       In this case, the coordinates for Calvary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.891 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.943 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.686 degrees.