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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 Monitor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monitor 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 Monitor:
    • 38.654784, -85.266344
    • 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 Monitor
  • 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 Trimble County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trimble County
    • Since Monitor is near Carroll County and also Switzerland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Switzerland 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 Monitor

Communities Also Named Monitor ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Monitor.

Within Kentucky, the name Monitor is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Monitor lies 1,521 miles [2,447.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Monitor that is located in Trimble County.
    • Arizona
      • Yuma 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 Arizona community of Monitor [Yuma County].
    • Indiana
      • Tippecanoe County
      • This Monitor is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Monitor that is located in Trimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Monitor.
    • Kansas
      • McPherson 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 Monitor [McPherson County].
    • Michigan
      • Bay 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 Monitor [Bay County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Monitor.
    • New Jersey
      • Hudson 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 Jersey community of Monitor [Hudson County].
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Monitor is located in Clackamas County and lies 1,959 miles [3,152.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monitor that is located in Trimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Monitor.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Monitor is located in Amherst County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the east of the Monitor that is located in Trimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Monitor.
    • Washington
      • Chelan County
      • This Monitor is located in Chelan County and lies 1,856 miles [2,986.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monitor that is located in Trimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chelan County community of Monitor.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Monitor is located in Logan County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Monitor that is located in Trimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Monitor.
      • Monroe County
      • This Monitor is located in Monroe County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the east southeast of the Monitor that is located in Trimble County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Monitor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monitor ...

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.

  • Central
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Central is located in Jefferson County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • English
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • English is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Five Points
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Points is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Indian Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Indian Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lamb
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lamb is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
  • Locust
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Locust is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
  • Manville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Manville is located in Jefferson County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Providence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Providence is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Trout
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Trout is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout

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

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

  • Bedford, which is the Seat of Trimble County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Monitor to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 443 miles [712.9 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 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monitor) 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 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 Monitor 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 Monitor, 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 Monitor 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 Monitor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6548, Longitude: -85.2663       In this case, the coordinates for Monitor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.906 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.123 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.373 degrees.