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

When in Johnsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnsville 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 Johnsville:
    • 38.753404, -84.148266
    • 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 Johnsville
  • 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 Johnsville ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Johnsville.

Within Kentucky, the name Johnsville is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Bradley County
      • This Johnsville is located in Bradley County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Johnsville.
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This Johnsville is located in Plumas County and lies 1,941 miles [3,123.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Johnsville.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Johnsville is located in Carroll County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the east of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Johnsville.
      • Frederick County
      • This Johnsville is located in Frederick County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the east of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Johnsville.
    • Michigan
      • Ottawa 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 Michigan community of Johnsville [Ottawa County].
    • Minnesota
      • Anoka County
      • This Johnsville is located in Anoka County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Johnsville.
    • Mississippi
      • Adams County
      • This Johnsville is located in Adams County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Johnsville.
    • New York
      • Dutchess 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 New York community of Johnsville [Dutchess County].
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This Johnsville is located in Montgomery County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Johnsville.
      • Morrow 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 Johnsville [Morrow County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Johnsville is located in Bucks County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Johnsville.
    • South Carolina
      • Colleton County
      • This Johnsville is located in Colleton County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Johnsville.
    • Texas
      • Erath County
      • This Johnsville is located in Erath County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Johnsville that is located in Bracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erath County community of Johnsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsville ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Berlin is located in Bracken County
  • Felicity
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gertrude
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gertrude have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
    • Gertrude is located in Bracken County
  • Powersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
    • Powersville is located in Bracken County
  • Rock Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Rock Springs is located in Bracken County
  • Rural
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Rural is located in Clermont County (OH)
  • Stringtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Stringtown is located in Clermont County (OH)
  • Willow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Willow is located in Bracken County
  • Willow Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Willow Grove is located in Bracken County

How Far From Johnsville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Johnsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Brooksville, which is the Seat of Bracken County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Johnsville to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 382 miles [614.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,794 miles [7,715.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnsville. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7534, Longitude: -84.1483       In this case, the coordinates for Johnsville 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 Johnsville 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Johnsville 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 312.205 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.336 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.843 degrees.









 

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