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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 Harcourt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harcourt and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Harcourt:
    • 37.555893, -86.012188
    • 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 Harcourt
  • 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Since Harcourt is near Grayson County and also Hart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hart 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 Harcourt

Communities Also Named Harcourt ...

We found four communities that are also named Harcourt.

Within Kentucky, the name Harcourt is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Webster County
      • This Harcourt is located in Webster County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the northwest of the Harcourt that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Harcourt.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Harcourt lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harcourt that is located in Hardin County.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=37.555893&lon=-86.012188&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Harcourt.
    • Ontario
      • This Harcourt lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harcourt that is located in Hardin County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harcourt ...

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.

  • Big Clifty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
  • Cecilia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Flint Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
  • Horntown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Horntown is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
  • Limp
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Limp is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
  • Lone Oak
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lone Oak is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Riders Mill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Riders Mill is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mill
  • Royal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Royal is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Seven Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
  • Star Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Star Mills is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Mills

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

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

  • Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harcourt to Elizabethtown, 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 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 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,049 miles [11,344.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Harcourt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Harcourt 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 Harcourt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5559, Longitude: -86.0122       In this case, the coordinates for Harcourt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.359 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.485 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.005 degrees.