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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 Earlington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Earlington 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 Earlington:
    • 37.274040, -87.512303
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Earlington
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Earlington ...

We found two communities that share the name Earlington.

Within Kentucky, the name Earlington is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Earlington is located in Montgomery County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Earlington that is located in Hopkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Earlington.
    • Washington
      • King 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 Earlington [King County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Earlington ...

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.

  • Coiltown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coiltown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coiltown
    • Coiltown is located in Hopkins County
  • Daniel Boone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniel Boone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Boone
    • Daniel Boone is located in Hopkins County
  • Fiddle Bow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
    • Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
  • Grapevine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grapevine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
    • Grapevine is located in Hopkins County
  • Little Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
    • Little Valley is located in Hopkins County
  • Oriole
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriole have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
    • Oriole is located in Hopkins County
  • Pee Vee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pee Vee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Vee
    • Pee Vee is located in Hopkins County
  • Rabbit Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbit Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Ridge
    • Rabbit Ridge is located in Hopkins County
  • Sixth Vein
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sixth Vein have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixth Vein
    • Sixth Vein is located in Hopkins County

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

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

  • Madisonville, which is the Seat of Hopkins County, lies just to the North.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Earlington to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 579 miles [931.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Earlington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

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- Earlington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Earlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2740, Longitude: -87.5123       In this case, the coordinates for Earlington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Earlington 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Earlington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.294 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.52 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.74 degrees.









 

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