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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 Dogwalk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dogwalk 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 Dogwalk:
    • 37.404772, -86.630264
    • 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 Dogwalk
  • 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 Ohio County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County
    • Since Dogwalk is near Butler County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson 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 Dogwalk

Communities Also Named Dogwalk ...

We found one communities that are also named Dogwalk.

Within Kentucky, the name Dogwalk is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Williamson 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 Illinois community of Dogwalk [Williamson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dogwalk ...

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.

  • Arnold
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Arnold is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Casey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Casey is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
  • Do Stop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Do Stop is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Do Stop
  • Flint Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Flint Springs is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Springs
  • Horse Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
  • Jugville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jugville is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Select
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Select is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
    • Former name for Select:
    • Stweartsville
  • Spring Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
  • Welcome
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Welcome is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Windy Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Windy Hill is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dogwalk and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the Seat of Ohio County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dogwalk to Hartford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,957 miles [7,977.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Dogwalk 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- Dogwalk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Dogwalk 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 Dogwalk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4048, Longitude: -86.6303       In this case, the coordinates for Dogwalk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.742 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.905 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.316 degrees.