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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 Finchville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Finchville 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 Finchville:
- 38.153122, -85.313527
- 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 Finchville
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Finchville is near Spencer County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Finchville
Communities Also Named Finchville ...
We found five communities that are also named Finchville.
Within Kentucky, the name Finchville is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Finchville.
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- This Finchville is located in Dorchester County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<2> to the east of the Finchville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Finchville.
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- This Finchville is located in Custer County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Finchville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Finchville.
- New York
- Orange County
- This Finchville is located in Orange County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Finchville that is located in Shelby County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Finchville.
- Virginia
- Spotsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Finchville [Spotsylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Finchville ...
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.
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Elk Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Creek is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Figgs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisherville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Long Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Normandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Raymond Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Raymond Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Hill
- Rivals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rivals is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivals
- Todds Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Todds Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point
How Far From Finchville 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 Finchville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Finchville and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Finchville to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> 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 449 miles [722.6 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Finchville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Finchville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Finchville 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. |
| <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 Finchville 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 Finchville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1531, Longitude: -85.3135 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.931 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.08 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.534 degrees. |
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