Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Griffin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Griffin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Griffin
- 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 Griffin:
- 36.704518, -84.728830
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Griffin
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Griffin is near McCreary County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McCreary County
- eBird sighting report for Scott 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Griffin ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Griffin.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Griffin.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- This Griffin is located in Cherokee County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Griffin.
- Tuscaloosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Griffin [Tuscaloosa County].
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Griffin is located in Hillsborough County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Griffin.
- Polk County
- This Griffin is located in Polk County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km] to the south southeast of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Griffin.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Clark 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 Illinois community of Griffin [Clark County].
- Mercer County
- This Griffin is located in Mercer County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Griffin.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Franklin Parish
- This Griffin is located in Franklin Parish and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin Parish community of Griffin.
- Madison Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Griffin [Madison Parish].
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Christian 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 Missouri community of Griffin [Christian County].
- Schuyler County
- Although located in Schuyler County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Griffin.
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Griffin is located in Fayette County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Griffin.
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Griffin [Somerset County].
- Westmoreland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Griffin [Westmoreland County].
- Quebec
- This Griffin lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Griffin lies 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Griffin that is located in Wayne County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Griffin ...
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.
- Barrier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Co-Operative
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Co-Operative have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Co-Operative
- Co-Operative is located in McCreary County
- Cooper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Fidelity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Gregory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Kidds Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kidds Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidds Crossing
- Kidds Crossing is located in Wayne County
- Oil Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Valley
- Oil Valley is located in Wayne County
- Oz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Rockybranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockybranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockybranch
- Rockybranch is located in Wayne County
How Far From Griffin 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 Griffin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Griffin and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Griffin to Monticello, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 445 miles [716.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Griffin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Griffin 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Griffin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Griffin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7045, Longitude: -84.7288 In this case, the coordinates for Griffin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Griffin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Griffin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.548 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.434 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.674 degrees. |