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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 Munfordville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Munfordville 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 Munfordville:
- 37.279796, -85.899660
- 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 Munfordville
- 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 Hart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Since Munfordville is near Barren County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson 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 Munfordville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Munfordville ...
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.
- Bonnieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cave City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cub Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Forestville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forestville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Hardyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardyville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
- High Hickory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- High Hickory is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hickory
- Horse Cave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Lines Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lines Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lines Mill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lone Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Star is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Pike View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pike View is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike View
- Priceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Riders Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riders Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mill
- Tom Johns Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tom Johns Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Johns Crossing
- Uno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uno is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
How Far From Munfordville 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 city such as Munfordville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Munfordville and extending to:
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Munfordville to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 494 miles [795 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,336 miles [10,196.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,932 miles [7,937.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Munfordville) 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 Munfordville 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 Munfordville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2798, Longitude: -85.8997 In this case, the coordinates for Munfordville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.282 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.359 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.027 degrees. |
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