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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 Griderville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Griderville 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 Griderville:
- 37.112830, -85.870251
- 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 Griderville
- 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 Barren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren County
- Since Griderville is near Hart County and also Metcalfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Metcalfe 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 Griderville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Griderville ...
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.
- Cave City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Coral Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Echo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Echo is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Glasgow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goodnight
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Goodnight is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Halfway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Horse Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Lick
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Park City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slick Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Three Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Three Springs is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
- Uno
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Uno is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
How Far From Griderville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Griderville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Griderville and extending to:
- Glasgow, which is the Seat of Barren County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Griderville to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 495 miles [796.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,938 miles [7,946.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Griderville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Griderville 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 Griderville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1128, Longitude: -85.8703 In this case, the coordinates for Griderville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.26 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.31 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.058 degrees. |
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