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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 Garden Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Springs 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 Garden Springs:
- 38.028966, -84.548551
- 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 Garden Springs
- 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 Garden Springs is near Jessamine County and also Woodford 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 Woodford 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 Garden Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Springs ...
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.
- Blueberry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blueberry Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hill
- Chevy Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chevy Chase is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
- Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Elk Chester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Chester is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Chester
- Fairway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
- Gamesway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gamesway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamesway
- Gardenside
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gardenside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
- Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holiday Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Idle Hour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Idle Hour is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idle Hour
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jonestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jonestown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Liberty Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty Heights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Little Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Georgetown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Open Gates
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Open Gates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Gates
- Pine Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Meadows is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
- Sandersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandersville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Shadeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shadeland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Stoneybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneybrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From Garden Springs to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Garden Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Garden Springs and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Garden Springs to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 410 miles [659.8 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 24 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garden Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Garden Springs 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 Garden Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0290, Longitude: -84.5486 In this case, the coordinates for Garden Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.453 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.515 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.231 degrees. |
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