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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Earlington
- 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 Hopkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- Since Earlington is near Christian County and also Muhlenberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muhlenberg 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 Earlington
Communities Also Named Earlington ...
We found two communities that are also named Earlington.
Within Kentucky, the name Earlington is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located 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)
- Coiltown is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coiltown
- Daniel Boone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Daniel Boone is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Boone
- Fiddle Bow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grapevine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grapevine is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Little Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Valley is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
- Oriole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oriole is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Pee Vee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pee Vee is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Vee
- Rabbit Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rabbit Ridge is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Ridge
- Sixth Vein
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sixth Vein is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixth Vein
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<3>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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Earlington) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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> | 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 Earlington 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 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). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.294 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.52 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.74 degrees. |
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