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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 Girkin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Girkin 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 Girkin:
- 37.067544, -86.358319
- 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 Girkin
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Girkin is near Edmonson County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Girkin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Girkin ...
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.
- Anna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Loving
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loving is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
- Nick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nick is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nick
- Plum Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Sand Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Tuckertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tuckertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
How Far From Girkin 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 Girkin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Girkin and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Girkin to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 522 miles [840.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Girkin) 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 Girkin 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 Girkin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0675, Longitude: -86.3583 In this case, the coordinates for Girkin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.563 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.651 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.283 degrees. |
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