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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Lake 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 Park Lake:
- 38.345315, -85.473598
- 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 Lake
- 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 Oldham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oldham County
- Since Park Lake is near Jefferson County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Lake
Communities Also Named Park Lake ...
We found three communities that are also named Park Lake.
Within Kentucky, the name Park Lake is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Clinton 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 Michigan community of Park Lake [Clinton County].
- Osceola County
- This Park Lake is located in Osceola County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<2> to the north of the Park Lake that is located in Oldham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osceola County community of Park Lake.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Park Lake is located in Weber County and lies 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Park Lake that is located in Oldham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Park Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Lake ...
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.
- Anchorage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Cedar Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Coldstream
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coldstream is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
- Creekside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creekside is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
- Floydsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Floydsburg is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydsburg
- Glenarm
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glenarm is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenarm
- Goose Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Green Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Greenhaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenhaven is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
- Griffytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Griffytown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffytown
- Halls Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Landing is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Landing
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hickory Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Manor Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manor Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Meadow Vale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Vale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 762 people
- Moorland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moorland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Pewee Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plantation is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 856 people
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- River Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- River Bluff is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Rolling Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Skylight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Skylight is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylight
How Far From Park Lake 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 Park Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Park Lake and extending to:
- La Grange, which is the Seat of Oldham County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Park Lake to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 456 miles [733.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,992 miles [11,252.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Park Lake 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- Park Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3453, Longitude: -85.4736 In this case, the coordinates for Park Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.033 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.225 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.552 degrees. |
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