Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Laurel Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Grove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Laurel Grove
- 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 Laurel Grove:
- 37.920591, -83.585004
- 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 Laurel Grove
- 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 Menifee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Menifee County
- Since Laurel Grove is near Morgan County and also Powell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- eBird sighting report for Powell 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 Laurel Grove ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Laurel Grove.
Within Kentucky, the name Laurel Grove is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Clay County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Clay County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the south of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Laurel Grove.
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Fulton County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the south of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Laurel Grove.
- Louisiana
- Lafourche Parish
- This Laurel Grove is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Laurel Grove.
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the east of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Laurel Grove.
- Oregon
- Coos County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Coos County and lies 2,151 miles [3,461.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Laurel Grove.
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Franklin County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Laurel Grove.
- Tennessee
- Anderson County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Anderson County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Laurel Grove.
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Laurel Grove [Fairfax County].
- Pittsylvania County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Laurel Grove.
- Westmoreland County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Westmoreland County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Laurel Grove.
- Wise County
- This Laurel Grove is located in Wise County and lies 82 miles [132 km] to the southeast of the Laurel Grove that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Laurel Grove.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Grove ...
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.
- Artville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Back
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Big Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Craft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Dan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Dog Trot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Frenchburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchburg
- Frenchburg is located in Menifee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frenchburg <4>
- Hill Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Korea
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea
- Korea is located in Menifee County
- Maytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
- Peter Trace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peter Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Trace
- Peter Trace is located in Menifee County
- Salt Lick Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Lick Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick Creek
- Salt Lick Creek is located in Menifee County
- Stonequarry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonequarry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonequarry
- Stonequarry is located in Menifee County
- Trimble Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trimble Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Bend
- Trimble Bend is located in Menifee County
- Korea
How Far From Laurel Grove 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 Laurel Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurel Grove and extending to:
- Frenchburg, which is the Seat of Menifee County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Laurel Grove to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Laurel Grove. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Laurel Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laurel Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9206, Longitude: -83.5850 In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Grove 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 Laurel Grove 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 Laurel Grove 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 311.858 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.818 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.841 degrees. |