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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 Henshaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Henshaw 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 Henshaw:
    • 37.621713, -88.055585
    • 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 Henshaw
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Since Henshaw is near Hardin County and also Gallatin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Henshaw

Communities Also Named Henshaw ...

We found four communities that are also named Henshaw.

Within Kentucky, the name Henshaw is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Riverside County
      • This Henshaw is located in Riverside County and lies 1,658 miles [2,668.3 km]<1> to the west of the Henshaw that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Henshaw.
    • Iowa
      • Taylor County
      • This Henshaw is located in Taylor County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Henshaw that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Henshaw.
    • Kansas
      • Wallace 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 Henshaw [Wallace County].
    • Tennessee
      • Greene 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 Tennessee community of Henshaw [Greene County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Henshaw ...

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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Arnold is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Caseyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Caseyville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Hazel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • Lamb
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lamb is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
  • Saline Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Saline Landing is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Landing
  • Saline Rocks Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Saline Rocks Ferry is located in Gallatin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Rocks Ferry
  • Saline Tip Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Saline Tip Ferry is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline Tip Ferry
  • Spring Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Spring Grove is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove

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

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

  • Morganfield, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Henshaw to Morganfield, with an average speed<4> 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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 603 miles [970.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,404 miles [10,306.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,008 miles [8,059.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Henshaw) 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 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 Henshaw 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 Henshaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Henshaw 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 Henshaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6217, Longitude: -88.0556       In this case, the coordinates for Henshaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.65 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.979 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.899 degrees.