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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 Klondyke, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Klondyke 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 Klondyke:
    • 37.946459, -85.090232
    • 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 Klondyke
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Klondyke is near Washington County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Klondyke

Communities Also Named Klondyke ...

We found eight communities that are also named Klondyke.

Within Kentucky, the name Klondyke is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Graham County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Klondyke [Graham County].
    • Illinois
      • Lawrence 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 Illinois community of Klondyke [Lawrence County].
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Klondyke is located in Parke County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Klondyke that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Klondyke.
      • Vermillion County
      • This Klondyke is located in Vermillion County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the northwest of the Klondyke that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermillion County community of Klondyke.
    • Louisiana
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • This Klondyke is located in Terrebonne Parish and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Klondyke that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrebonne Parish community of Klondyke.
    • Minnesota
      • Crow Wing County
      • This Klondyke is located in Crow Wing County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<3> to the northwest of the Klondyke that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Klondyke.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana 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 Klondyke [Columbiana County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mifflin County
      • This Klondyke is located in Mifflin County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Klondyke that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Klondyke.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Klondyke ...

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.

  • Birdie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Birdie is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
  • Chaplin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Drydock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Drydock is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drydock
  • Fox Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
  • Glensboro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Glensboro is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glensboro
  • Hickory Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Seaville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Seaville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaville
  • Sparrow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sparrow is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparrow
  • Wayside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wayside is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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

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

  • Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Klondyke to Lawrenceburg, with an average speed<5> 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 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 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Klondyke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Klondyke 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Klondyke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Klondyke 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 Klondyke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9465, Longitude: -85.0902       In this case, the coordinates for Klondyke have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.789 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.888 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.493 degrees.