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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 Connersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Connersville 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 Connersville:
    • 38.380074, -84.412716
    • 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 Connersville
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Connersville is near Scott County and also Bourbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bourbon 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 Connersville

Communities Also Named Connersville ...

We found six communities that are also named Connersville.

Within Kentucky, the name Connersville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Connersville is located in Polk County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Connersville that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Connersville.
      • Volusia County
      • This Connersville is located in Volusia County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the south southeast of the Connersville that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Connersville.
    • Indiana
      • Fayette County
      • This Connersville is located in Fayette County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Connersville that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Connersville.
    • Kansas
      • 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 Kansas community of Connersville [Decatur County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northumberland County
      • This Connersville is located in Northumberland County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Connersville that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Connersville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dunn 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 Wisconsin community of Connersville [Dunn County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Connersville ...

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.

  • Alberta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Alberta is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
  • Cynthiana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lair
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lair is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lair
  • Lees Lick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lees Lick is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Lick
  • Leesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Leesburg is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Muddy Ford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Muddy Ford is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Ford
  • Poindexter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Poindexter is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
  • Rutland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rutland is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
  • Sadieville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sadieville is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadieville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
  • Turkey Foot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkey Foot is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot

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

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

  • Cynthiana, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the East.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Connersville to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 399 miles [642.1 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Connersville) 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 Connersville 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 Connersville 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 Connersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3801, Longitude: -84.4127       In this case, the coordinates for Connersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.37 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.471 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.07 degrees.