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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 Crenshaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw:
    • 38.054784, -85.466898
    • 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 Crenshaw
  • 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 Spencer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer County
    • Since Crenshaw is near Bullitt County and also Nelson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bullitt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson 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 Crenshaw

Communities Also Named Crenshaw ...

We found six communities that are also named Crenshaw.

Within Kentucky, the name Crenshaw is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marengo County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Crenshaw [Marengo County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of Crenshaw [Los Angeles County].
    • Illinois
      • Williamson 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 Crenshaw [Williamson County].
    • Mississippi
      • Panola County
      • This Crenshaw is located in Panola County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<3> to the southwest of the Crenshaw that is located in Spencer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Crenshaw.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Crenshaw is located in Jefferson County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Crenshaw that is located in Spencer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Crenshaw.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Crenshaw is located in Knox County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Crenshaw that is located in Spencer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Crenshaw.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crenshaw ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Bullitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Elk Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elk Creek is located in Spencer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
  • Fern Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Figgs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Figgs is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs
  • Finchville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Finchville is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
  • Fisherville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Highgrove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Highgrove is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove
  • Highview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Highview is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
  • Hillview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hillview is located in Bullitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
  • Hollow Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hollow Creek is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
  • Hopewell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hopewell is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Little Mount
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Little Mount is located in Spencer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lotus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lotus is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
    • Normandy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Normandy is located in Spencer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Pioneer Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
    • Rivals
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Rivals is located in Spencer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivals
    • Solitude
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Solitude is located in Bullitt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
    • Spring Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Mill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people

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

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

  • Taylorsville, which is the Seat of Spencer County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Crenshaw to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> 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 459 miles [738.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Crenshaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Crenshaw 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crenshaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0548, Longitude: -85.4669       In this case, the coordinates for Crenshaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.026 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.175 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.629 degrees.