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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 Glenarm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenarm 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 Glenarm:
- 38.353679, -85.463015
- 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 Glenarm
- 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 Oldham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oldham County
- Since Glenarm is near Jefferson County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Glenarm
Communities Also Named Glenarm ...
We found three communities that are also named Glenarm.
Within Kentucky, the name Glenarm is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- This Glenarm is located in Sangamon County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glenarm that is located in Oldham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Glenarm.
- Maryland
- Baltimore 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 Maryland community of Glenarm [Baltimore County].
- Ontario
- This Glenarm lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenarm that is located in Oldham County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenarm ...
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.
- Anchorage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Cedar Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Coldstream
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coldstream is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
- Creekside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Creekside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
- Floydsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Floydsburg is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydsburg
- Germany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Germany is located in Clark County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Goose Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Green Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Green Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Greenhaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenhaven is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
- Griffytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griffytown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffytown
- Halls Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Landing is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Landing
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hickory Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Long Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Long Run is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Manor Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manor Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Meadow Vale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Vale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 762 people
- Moorland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moorland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Park Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Park Lake is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
- Pewee Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plantation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plantation is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 856 people
- Prospect
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- River Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- River Bluff is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Rolling Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Skylight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skylight is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylight
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
- Todds Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Todds Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point
How Far From Glenarm 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 Glenarm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenarm and extending to:
- La Grange, which is the Seat of Oldham County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Glenarm to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 455 miles [732.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glenarm) 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 Glenarm 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 Glenarm 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 Glenarm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3537, Longitude: -85.4630 In this case, the coordinates for Glenarm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.027 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.218 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.545 degrees. |
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