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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 Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Village 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 Garden Village:
    • 37.420936, -82.465150
    • 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 Village
  • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Garden Village is near Floyd County and also Dickenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson 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 Village

Communities Also Named Garden Village ...

We found six communities that are also named Garden Village.

Within Kentucky, the name Garden Village is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Garden Village lies 2,161 miles [3,477.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Pike County.
    • California
      • San Mateo 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 California community of Garden Village [San Mateo County].
    • Indiana
      • Elkhart County
      • This Garden Village is located in Elkhart County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elkhart County community of Garden Village.
    • Ontario
      • This Garden Village lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the north of the Garden Village that is located in Pike County.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Garden Village is located in Marion County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Garden Village that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Garden Village.
    • Wisconsin
      • Rock County
      • This Garden Village is located in Rock County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Garden Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Village ...

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.

  • Crooked Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Daniels Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Daniels Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Creek
  • Fishtrap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fishtrap is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
  • Fords Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fords Branch is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
  • Greasy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Creek
  • Justiceville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Justiceville is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justiceville
  • Liberty
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Liberty is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lower Chloe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lower Chloe is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chloe
  • Lower Greasy Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
  • Marrowbone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Marrowbone is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
  • Mayo Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayo Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
  • Pigeon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pigeon is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pikeville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Raccoon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Raccoon is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon
    • Red Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Red Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
    • Robinson Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
    • Titan Siding
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Titan Siding is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding

How Far From Garden Village 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 Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Garden Village to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,778 miles [7,689.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Garden Village) 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 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 Garden Village 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Village 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 Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4209, Longitude: -82.4651       In this case, the coordinates for Garden Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.177 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.966 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.509 degrees.