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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 Eastland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastland 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 Eastland:
    • 38.046189, -84.459660
    • 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 Eastland
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Eastland is near Jessamine County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jessamine County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Eastland

Communities Also Named Eastland ...

We found nine communities that are also named Eastland.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Eastland.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Mason 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 Kentucky community of Eastland [Mason County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Eastland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Eastland that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Eastland.
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • This Eastland is located in Sunflower County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Eastland that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Eastland.
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell 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 North Carolina community of Eastland [Caswell County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Eastland is located in Lancaster County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Eastland that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Eastland.
    • Tennessee
      • White County
      • This Eastland is located in White County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Eastland that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Eastland.
    • Texas
      • Eastland County
      • This Eastland is located in Eastland County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Eastland that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Eastland.
    • Utah
      • San Juan County
      • This Eastland is located in San Juan County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<2> to the west of the Eastland that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Eastland.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Eastland is located in King County and lies 2,000 miles [3,218.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Eastland that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Eastland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastland ...

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.

  • Chevy Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chevy Chase is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
  • Deep Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Deep Springs is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
  • Elkhorn Parks
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Elkhorn Parks is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Parks
  • Fairway
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fairway is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
  • Hermitage Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • Idle Hour
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Idle Hour is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idle Hour
  • Liberty Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Liberty Heights is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
  • Pine Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Meadows is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
  • Rockwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rockwood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Shadeland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shadeland is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland

How Far From Eastland to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eastland to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lexington, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the West.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Eastland to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 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 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 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 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 Eastland 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 '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- Eastland) 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 Eastland 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 Eastland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0462, Longitude: -84.4597       In this case, the coordinates for Eastland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.398 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.455 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.187 degrees.