Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Linwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Linwood Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Linwood Park
- 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 Linwood Park:
- 37.350608, -86.142750
- 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 Linwood Park
- 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Since Linwood Park is near Hart County and also Edmonson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hart County
- eBird sighting report for Edmonson 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 Linwood Park ...
We found four communities that share the name Linwood Park.
Within Kentucky, the name Linwood Park is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Linwood Park [Caddo Parish].
- Michigan
- Bay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Linwood Park [Bay County].
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- This Linwood Park is located in Buncombe County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Linwood Park that is located in Grayson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Linwood Park.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Linwood Park [Delaware County].
- Louisiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Linwood Park ...
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.
- Big Windy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Cub Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Dogcreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Dug Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Iberia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Pearman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Pine Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Pine Springs is located in Grayson County
- Ponderosa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Snap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Sportsmens Paradise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sportsmens Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmens Paradise
- Sportsmens Paradise is located in Grayson County
How Far From Linwood Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Linwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Linwood Park and extending to:
- Leitchfield, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Linwood Park to Leitchfield, with an average speed<4> 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Linwood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Linwood Park 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Linwood Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Linwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3506, Longitude: -86.1428 In this case, the coordinates for Linwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Linwood Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.436 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.545 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.116 degrees. |