Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Folsom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Folsom and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Folsom
- 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 Folsom:
- 38.712010, -84.747447
- 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 Folsom
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Folsom is near Owen County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Owen County
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Folsom ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Folsom.
Within Kentucky, the name Folsom is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Perry County
- This Folsom is located in Perry County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Folsom that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Folsom.
- Randolph County
- This Folsom is located in Randolph County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the south of the Folsom that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Folsom.
- California
- Georgia
- Bartow County
- This Folsom is located in Bartow County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the south of the Folsom that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Folsom.
- Habersham 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 Georgia community of Folsom [Habersham County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Folsom [Cherokee County].
- Haskell 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 Kansas community of Folsom [Haskell County].
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Colfax 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 New Mexico community of Folsom [Colfax County].
- Union County
- This Folsom is located in Union County and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<1> to the west of the Folsom that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Folsom.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Potter County
- This Folsom is located in Potter County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the west of the Folsom that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Folsom.
- Shelby County
- This Folsom is located in Shelby County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km] to the southwest of the Folsom that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Folsom.
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Folsom ...
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.
- Dry Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Ridge
- Dry Ridge is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dry Ridge <4>
- Eagle Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
- Eagle Hill is located in Owen County
- Florence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Florence is located in Switzerland County (IN)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <4>
- Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Grant County
- Holiday Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Ford
- Holiday Ford is located in Owen County
- Jonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Jonesville is located in Grant County
- Long Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Long Ridge is located in Owen County
- Napoleon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Patriot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patriot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriot
- Patriot is located in Switzerland County (IN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patriot <4>
- Poplar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in Owen County
- Sweet Owen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Owen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Owen
- Sweet Owen is located in Owen County
- Zion Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Station
- Zion Station is located in Grant County
How Far From Folsom 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 community such as Folsom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Folsom and extending to:
- Williamstown, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Folsom to Williamstown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Folsom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Grant County: www.grantco.org/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Folsom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Folsom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7120, Longitude: -84.7474 In this case, the coordinates for Folsom 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 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 Folsom 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'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 Folsom to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.58 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.758 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.123 degrees. |