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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 Mount Eden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Eden 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 Mount Eden:
- 38.056278, -85.151201
- 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 Mount Eden
- 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 Spencer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer County
- Since Mount Eden is near Shelby County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Mount Eden
Communities Also Named Mount Eden ...
We found two communities that are also named Mount Eden.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Mount Eden.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Mount Eden in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Shelby 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 Kentucky community of Mount Eden [Shelby County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alameda County
- This Mount Eden is located in Alameda County and lies 2,002 miles [3,221.9 km]<2> to the west of the Mount Eden that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Mount Eden.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Eden ...
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 east)
- Clay Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clay Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village
- Drydock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Drydock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drydock
- Figgs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glensboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hemp Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hemp Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp Ridge
- Little Mount
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Olive Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Branch is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Rivals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rivals is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivals
- Sparrow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wayside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Mount Eden 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 Mount Eden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Eden and extending to:
- Taylorsville, which is the Seat of Spencer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Eden to Taylorsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,866 miles [7,831.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Mount Eden 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 '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- Mount Eden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Mount Eden 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 Mount Eden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0563, Longitude: -85.1512 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.829 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.949 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.489 degrees. |
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