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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 Napoleon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Napoleon and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Napoleon:
    • 38.760342, -84.788836
    • 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 Napoleon
  • 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 Gallatin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gallatin County
    • Since Napoleon is near Grant County and also Owen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Owen 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 Napoleon

Communities Also Named Napoleon ...

We found ten communities that are also named Napoleon.

Within Kentucky, the name Napoleon is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Randolph County
      • This Napoleon is located in Randolph County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the south of the Napoleon that is located in Gallatin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Napoleon.
    • Arkansas
      • Desha County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Napoleon [Desha County].
    • Georgia
      • Union County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Napoleon [Union County].
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Napoleon is located in Ripley County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Napoleon that is located in Gallatin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Napoleon.
    • Michigan
      • Jackson County
      • This Napoleon is located in Jackson County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the north of the Napoleon that is located in Gallatin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Napoleon.
    • Mississippi
      • Hancock County
      • This Napoleon is located in Hancock County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Napoleon that is located in Gallatin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Napoleon.
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Napoleon is located in Lafayette County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the west of the Napoleon that is located in Gallatin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Napoleon.
    • North Dakota
      • Logan County
      • This Napoleon is located in Logan County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Napoleon that is located in Gallatin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Napoleon.
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Delaware County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Napoleon.
      • Henry County
      • This Napoleon is located in Henry County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the north of the Napoleon that is located in Gallatin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Napoleon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Napoleon ...

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.

  • Beaverlick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaverlick is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverlick
  • Big Bone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Big Bone is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bone
  • Carson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Carson is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Eagle Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eagle Hill is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
  • Florence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Four Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Four Corners is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Jonesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jonesville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Markland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Markland is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markland
  • Patriot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Patriot is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriot
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patriot <4>
  • Poplar Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Poplar Grove is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Zion Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Zion Station is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Station

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

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

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Gallatin County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Napoleon to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> 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 416 miles [669.5 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 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Napoleon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Napoleon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Napoleon 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.
<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 Napoleon 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 Napoleon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7603, Longitude: -84.7888       In this case, the coordinates for Napoleon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.606 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.795 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.128 degrees.