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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 Culvertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Culvertown 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 Culvertown:
    • 37.710062, -85.533850
    • 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 Culvertown
  • 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 Nelson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
    • Since Culvertown is near Larue County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Larue County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Culvertown

Communities Also Named Culvertown ...

We found one communities that are also named Culvertown.

Within Kentucky, the name Culvertown is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Culvertown in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Culvertown is located in Sullivan County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Culvertown that is located in Nelson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Culvertown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Culvertown ...

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.

  • Balltown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Balltown is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
  • Bearwallow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bearwallow is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
  • Boston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bourbon Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bourbon Springs is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon Springs
  • Croakes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Croakes is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croakes
  • Gandertown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gandertown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandertown
  • Gethsemane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gethsemane is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
  • Gleanings
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Gleanings is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings
  • Holy Cross
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holy Cross is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
  • Howardstown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Howardstown is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
  • Hunters
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hunters is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
  • Lyons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyons is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Woodlawn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Younger Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Younger Creek is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Younger Creek

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

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

  • Bardstown, which is the Seat of Nelson County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Culvertown to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> 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 most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 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 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Culvertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Culvertown 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 Culvertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7101, Longitude: -85.5339       In this case, the coordinates for Culvertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.063 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.168 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.753 degrees.