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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 Glenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenville 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 Glenville:
- 37.594386, -87.193177
- 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 Glenville
- 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 McLean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Since Glenville is near Daviess County and also Hopkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins 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 Glenville
Communities Also Named Glenville ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Glenville.
Within Kentucky, the name Glenville is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Russell County
- This Glenville is located in Russell County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Glenville.
- Arkansas
- Nevada County
- This Glenville is located in Nevada County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Glenville.
- California
- Kern 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 Glenville [Kern County].
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Glenville is located in Fairfield County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Glenville.
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Glenville is located in New Castle County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Glenville.
- Kansas
- Sedgwick County
- This Glenville is located in Sedgwick County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the west of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Glenville.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Glenville is located in Harford County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Glenville.
- Minnesota
- Freeborn County
- This Glenville is located in Freeborn County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freeborn County community of Glenville.
- Mississippi
- Panola County
- This Glenville is located in Panola County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Glenville.
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Glenville is located in Livingston County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Glenville.
- Saratoga 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 York community of Glenville [Saratoga County].
- Schenectady County
- This Glenville is located in Schenectady County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schenectady County community of Glenville.
- Westchester County
- This Glenville is located in Westchester County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km] to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Glenville.
- North Carolina
- Jackson County
- This Glenville is located in Jackson County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Glenville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Glenville lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Glenville [Crawford County].
- Cuyahoga County
- This Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Glenville.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Glenville.
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- This Glenville is located in York County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Glenville.
- West Virginia
- Gilmer County
- This Glenville is located in Gilmer County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Glenville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenville ...
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.
- Buttonsberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buttonsberry is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonsberry
- Elba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Handyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Handyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handyville
- Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jewel City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Lemon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Livermore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maxwell is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Panther
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pleasant Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Point Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Poplar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poverty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poverty is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty
- Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Tuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tuck is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck
How Far From Glenville 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 Glenville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenville and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of McLean County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Glenville to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 557 miles [896.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,973 miles [8,003.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Glenville) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Glenville 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Glenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Glenville 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 Glenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5944, Longitude: -87.1932 In this case, the coordinates for Glenville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.102 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.345 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.519 degrees. |
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