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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 Duval, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Duval 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 Duval:
    • 38.246765, -84.641248
    • 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 Duval
  • 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
    • Since Duval is near Woodford County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Duval

Communities Also Named Duval ...

We found ten communities that are also named Duval.

Within Kentucky, the name Duval is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • This Duval is located in Pima County and lies 1,543 miles [2,483.2 km]<1> to the west of the Duval that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pima County community of Duval.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Duval is located in Duval County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Duval that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Duval.
    • Georgia
      • Henry County
      • This Duval is located in Henry County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the south of the Duval that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Duval.
    • Missouri
      • Barton 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 Missouri community of Duval [Barton County].
      • Jasper County
      • Although located in Jasper County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Duval.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Duval lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Duval that is located in Scott County.
    • Texas
      • Duval 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 Duval [Duval County].
      • Travis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Duval [Travis County].
      • Winkler County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Winkler County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winkler County community of Duval.
    • West Virginia
      • Duval #
      • 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 West Virginia community of Duval.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Duval ...

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 Duval 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 Duval to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Duval to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 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 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Duval) 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 Duval 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>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 Duval, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Duval 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 Duval. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2468, Longitude: -84.6412       In this case, the coordinates for Duval have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.512 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.614 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.21 degrees.