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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 New York, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New York 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 New York:
    • 36.988943, -88.952563
    • 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 New York
  • 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 Ballard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ballard County
    • Since New York is near Carlisle County and also McCracken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carlisle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McCracken 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 New York

Communities Also Named New York ...

We found twelve communities that are also named New York.

Within Kentucky, the name New York is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Santa Rosa County
      • This New York is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the New York that is located in Ballard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of New York.
    • Georgia
      • Lee 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 Georgia community of New York [Lee County].
      • Polk 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 New York [Polk County].
    • Iowa
      • Wayne County
      • This New York is located in Wayne County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the New York that is located in Ballard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of New York.
    • Mississippi
      • Chickasaw 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 Mississippi community of New York [Chickasaw County].
    • Missouri
      • Caldwell County
      • This New York is located in Caldwell County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the New York that is located in Ballard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of New York.
      • Scott 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 Missouri community of New York [Scott County].
    • New Mexico
      • Cibola County
      • This New York is located in Cibola County and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<1> to the west of the New York that is located in Ballard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of New York.
    • New York
      • New York County
      • This New York is located in New York County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New York that is located in Ballard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of New York.
    • Ohio
      • Champaign County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Champaign County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of New York.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery 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 Tennessee community of New York [Montgomery County].
    • Texas
      • Henderson County
      • This New York is located in Henderson County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the New York that is located in Ballard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of New York.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New York ...

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.

  • America
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • America is located in Pulaski County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
  • Blandville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blandville is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Cairo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <4>
  • Future City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Future City is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
  • Gage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gage is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
  • Grahamville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grahamville is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
  • Kansas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kansas is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
  • Lovelaceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
  • Magee Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Magee Springs is located in Carlisle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Springs
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Monkeys Eyebrow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Monkeys Eyebrow is located in Ballard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkeys Eyebrow
    • Mound City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Needmore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Needmore is located in Ballard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
    • Oscar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Oscar is located in Ballard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
    • Ragland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Ragland is located in McCracken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
    • Wheel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wheel is located in Graves County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel

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

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

  • Wickliffe, which is the Seat of Ballard County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from New York to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 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- New York) 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 New York, 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 New York 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 New York 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 New York. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9889, Longitude: -88.9526       In this case, the coordinates for New York have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.197 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.521 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.45 degrees.