Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harding, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harding and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harding
- 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 Harding:
- 37.648101, -87.985583
- 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 Harding
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Harding is near Hardin County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- eBird sighting report for Gallatin 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 Harding ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Harding.
Within Kentucky, the name Harding is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- This Harding is located in Bourbon County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west of the Harding that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Harding.
- Doniphan 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 Kansas community of Harding [Doniphan County].
- Maine
- Manitoba
- This Harding lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Harding that is located in Union County.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- This Harding is located in McKenzie County and lies 1,071 miles [1,723.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Harding that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKenzie County community of Harding.
- Ramsey 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 North Dakota community of Harding [Ramsey County].
- Ohio
- Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Harding [Muskingum County].
- Richland County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Richland County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Harding.
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Utah
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harding ...
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.
- Arnold
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Boxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Caseyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caseyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Caseyville is located in Union County
- Hazel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Hearin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Pride
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Saline Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
- Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Saline Tip Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saline Tip Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Tip Ferry
- Saline Tip Ferry is located in Hardin County (IL)
- Spring Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Union County
- Uniontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Harding 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 Harding to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harding and extending to:
- Morganfield, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Harding to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 599 miles [964 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,127 miles [11,469.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,004 miles [8,053.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harding. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harding) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harding. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6481, Longitude: -87.9856 In this case, the coordinates for Harding have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Harding 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> | 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 Harding, 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 Harding 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 314.606 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.932 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.861 degrees. |