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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 Park City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park City 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 Park City:
    • 37.093400, -86.048553
    • 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 Park City
  • 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 Barren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barren County
    • Since Park City is near Edmonson County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Park City

Communities Also Named Park City ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Park City.

Within Kentucky, the name Park City is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Park City is located in Baldwin County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Park City.
    • Colorado
      • Jackson County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Jackson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Park City.
      • Park County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Park City [Park County].
    • Florida
      • Broward 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 Florida community of Park City [Broward County].
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Park City is located in Hillsborough County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Park City.
    • Georgia
      • Walker County
      • This Park City is located in Walker County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Park City.
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Park City is located in Lake County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Park City.
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Park City is located in Sedgwick County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the west of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Park City.
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Park City [Newaygo County].
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • This Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County and lies 1,482 miles [2,385 km]<1> to the northwest of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis and Clark County community of Park City.
      • Stillwater County
      • This Park City is located in Stillwater County and lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km] to the northwest of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stillwater County community of Park City.
      • Yellowstone 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 Montana community of Park City [Yellowstone County].
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Socorro County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Socorro County community of Park City.
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Park City is located in Florence County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Park City.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Park City is located in Knox County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Park City.
      • Lincoln County
      • This Park City is located in Lincoln County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the south southwest of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Park City.
    • Utah
      • Summit County
      • This Park City is located in Summit County and lies 1,385 miles [2,228.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Park City that is located in Barren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Park City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park City ...

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.

  • Apple Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Apple Grove is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
  • Cave City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Spring is located in Edmonson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
  • Hays
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hays is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
  • Mammoth Cave
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Merry Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Merry Oaks is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
  • Oil City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oil City is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Pig
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pig is located in Edmonson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
  • Rocky Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
  • Union City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Union City is located in Edmonson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City

How Far From Park City 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 city such as Park City to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Glasgow, which is the Seat of Barren County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Park City to Glasgow, with an average speed<5> 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Park City) 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 Park City, 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 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 Park City 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 Park City 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 Park City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0934, Longitude: -86.0486       In this case, the coordinates for Park City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.371 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.434 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.141 degrees.