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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 Centerfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Centerfield 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 Centerfield:
    • 38.350068, -85.407458
    • 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 Centerfield
  • 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 Oldham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oldham County
    • Since Centerfield is near Shelby County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Centerfield

Communities Also Named Centerfield ...

We found four communities that are also named Centerfield.

Within Kentucky, the name Centerfield is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Ontario County
      • This Centerfield is located in Ontario County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Centerfield that is located in Oldham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Centerfield.
    • Ohio
      • Highland 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 Centerfield [Highland County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Centerfield is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Centerfield that is located in Oldham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Centerfield.
      • Sanpete County
      • This Centerfield is located in Sanpete County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km] to the west of the Centerfield that is located in Oldham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Centerfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Centerfield ...

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.

  • Boston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Boston is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Cedar Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Point is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Chestnut Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Coldstream
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Coldstream is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
  • Floydsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Floydsburg is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydsburg
  • Glenarm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Glenarm is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenarm
  • Greenhaven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Greenhaven is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
  • Long Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Long Run is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
  • Park Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Park Lake is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
  • Pewee Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Raymond Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Raymond Hill is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Hill
  • Skylight
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Skylight is located in Oldham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylight
  • Todds Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Todds Point is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point

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

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

  • La Grange, which is the Seat of Oldham County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Centerfield to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 452 miles [727.4 km] to the east (E). 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 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Centerfield) 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 Centerfield 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 Centerfield 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 Centerfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3501, Longitude: -85.4075       In this case, the coordinates for Centerfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.992 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.178 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.522 degrees.