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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 Camargo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camargo 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 Camargo:
    • 37.997216, -83.892294
    • 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 Camargo
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Camargo is near Bath County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Camargo

Communities Also Named Camargo ...

We found six communities that are also named Camargo.

Within Kentucky, the name Camargo is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Douglas County
      • This Camargo is located in Douglas County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Camargo that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Camargo.
    • Kansas
      • Smith 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 Camargo [Smith County].
    • Mississippi
      • Monroe County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Camargo [Monroe County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Dewey County
      • This Camargo is located in Dewey County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the west of the Camargo that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dewey County community of Camargo.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Camargo is located in Lancaster County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Camargo that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Camargo.
    • Tennessee
      • Lincoln County
      • This Camargo is located in Lincoln County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Camargo that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Camargo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Camargo ...

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.

  • Chestnut Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hope is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Howards Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Howards Mill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Mill
  • Kiddville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kiddville is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiddville
  • Lucky Stop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucky Stop is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Stop
  • Means
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Means is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means
  • Paint Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Paint Creek is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
  • Peeled Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Oak
  • Rebelsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rebelsville is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebelsville
  • Rosedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rosedale is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Stepstone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stepstone is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepstone
  • Trimble
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Trimble is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
  • Walkers Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Walkers Crossing is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Crossing

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

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

  • Mount Sterling, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Camargo 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 375 miles [603.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,815 miles [7,749 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Camargo) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Camargo 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 Camargo, 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 Camargo 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 Camargo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9972, Longitude: -83.8923       In this case, the coordinates for Camargo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.047 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.046 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.952 degrees.