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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 Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crest 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 Crest:
    • 37.749920, -85.843824
    • 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 Crest
  • 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Since Crest 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 Crest

Communities Also Named Crest ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Crest.

Within Kentucky, the name Crest is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Crest is located in Jefferson County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the south of the Crest that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Crest.
    • Arkansas
      • Boone County
      • This Crest is located in Boone County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the west of the Crest that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Crest.
    • California
      • Lassen County
      • This Crest is located in Lassen County and lies 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crest that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Crest.
      • San Diego County
      • This Crest is located in San Diego County and lies 1,773 miles [2,853.4 km] to the west of the Crest that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Crest.
    • Colorado
      • Weld 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 Colorado community of Crest [Weld County].
    • Georgia
      • Upson County
      • This Crest is located in Upson County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Crest that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Crest.
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • This Crest is located in Benton County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the west of the Crest that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Crest.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Crest.
    • Quebec
      • This Crest lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Crest that is located in Hardin County.
    • Texas
      • Montague 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 Texas community of Crest [Montague County].
    • Virginia
      • Stafford 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 Virginia community of Crest [Stafford County].
    • Washington
      • Whitman 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 Washington community of Crest [Whitman County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crest ...

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.

How Far From Crest to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Crest 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crest) 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 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 Crest 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 Crest 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 Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7499, Longitude: -85.8438       In this case, the coordinates for Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.257 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.396 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.879 degrees.