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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 Guy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guy 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 Guy:
    • 37.123934, -86.613045
    • 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 Guy
  • 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 Guy is near Butler County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Guy

Communities Also Named Guy ...

We found nine communities that are also named Guy.

Within Kentucky, the name Guy is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Guy lies 1,904 miles [3,064.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Guy that is located in Warren County.
    • Arkansas
      • Faulkner County
      • This Guy is located in Faulkner County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Guy that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Guy.
    • Indiana
      • Howard County
      • This Guy is located in Howard County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north of the Guy that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Guy.
    • Louisiana
      • Allen Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Guy [Allen Parish].
      • Grant Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Guy [Grant Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Atchison 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 Missouri community of Guy [Atchison County].
    • New Mexico
      • Union County
      • This Guy is located in Union County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km]<1> to the west of the Guy that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Guy.
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Guy is located in Fort Bend County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Guy that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Guy.
    • Washington
      • Whitman 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 Washington community of Guy [Whitman County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Guy ...

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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Anna is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
  • Blue Level
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Blue Level is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Level
  • Boston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Boston is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Buffalo Fork
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo Fork is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Fork
  • Dimple
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dimple is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple
  • Greencastle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greencastle is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
  • Horsemill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Horsemill is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsemill
  • Jetson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jetson is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
  • Leetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Leetown is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetown
  • Needmore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Needmore is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Rockland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockland is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Sugar Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Vineyard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Vineyard is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard

How Far From Guy 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 Guy to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Guy and extending to:

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Guy to Bowling Green, with an average speed<3> 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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Guy) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Guy 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 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 Guy 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 Guy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1239, Longitude: -86.6130       In this case, the coordinates for Guy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.724 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.844 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.38 degrees.