Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Handyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Handyville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Handyville

• 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 Handyville:
  • 37.635047, -87.170275
  • 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 Handyville

• 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 Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
  • Since Handyville is near McLean County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Handyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Handyville ...

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.

• Curdsville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Curdsville is located in Daviess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
• Elba
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Elba is located in McLean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
• Glenville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenville is located in McLean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
• Habit
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Habit is located in Daviess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habit
• Lemon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lemon is located in McLean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
• Livermore
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Livermore is located in McLean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livermore <1>
• Maxwell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Maxwell is located in Daviess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Panther
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Panther is located in Daviess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
• Pleasant Ridge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Ridge is located in Ohio County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
• Poverty
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Poverty is located in McLean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty
• Red Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Red Hill is located in Daviess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Tuck
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Tuck is located in Daviess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Handyville and extending to:

• Owensboro, which is the Seat of Daviess County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Handyville to Owensboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 555 miles [893.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,094 miles [11,416.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,970 miles [7,998.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'