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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 Cherrywood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherrywood Village 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 Cherrywood Village:
    • 38.261640, -85.654568
    • 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 Cherrywood Village
  • 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 Cherrywood Village ...

We found two communities that share the name Cherrywood Village.

Within Kentucky, the name Cherrywood Village is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cherrywood Village [Arapahoe County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Cherrywood Village is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cherrywood Village that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Cherrywood Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherrywood Village ...

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.

  • Cherokee Garden
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Garden
    • Cherokee Garden is located in Jefferson County
  • Crossgate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossgate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgate
    • Crossgate is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Indian Hills is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,971 people
  • Longview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
    • Longview is located in Jefferson County
  • Mockingbird Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mockingbird Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Valley
    • Mockingbird Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Richlawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlawn
    • Richlawn is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
  • Riverwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
    • Riverwood is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
  • Robinswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinswood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinswood
    • Robinswood is located in Jefferson County
  • Rolling Fields
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
    • Rolling Fields is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Seminary Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seminary Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Village
      • Seminary Village is located in Jefferson County
    • Thornhill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
      • Thornhill is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
    • Winding Falls
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winding Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Falls
      • Winding Falls is located in Jefferson County
    • Windy Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
      • Windy Hills is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,461 people
    • Woodlawn Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park
      • Woodlawn Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
    • Woodside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Woodside is located in Jefferson County

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

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

  • Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Cherrywood Village to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 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 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 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Jefferson County: www.loukymetro.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Cherrywood Village 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.
<2>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- Cherrywood Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherrywood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2616, Longitude: -85.6546       In this case, the coordinates for Cherrywood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Cherrywood Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.146 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.342 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.656 degrees.









 

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