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 Parkside:
38.246460, -85.636905
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.
We found nineteen communities that share the name Parkside.
Within Kentucky, the name Parkside is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Parkside is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Parkside.
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Parkside is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,508 miles [2,426.9 km]<1> to the west of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Parkside.
California
San Francisco County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Parkside [San Francisco County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This Parkside is located in New Castle County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Parkside.
Florida
Leon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Parkside [Leon County].
Illinois
Cook County
This Parkside is located in Cook County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Parkside.
Indiana
Bartholomew County
This Parkside is located in Bartholomew County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Parkside.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Parkside is located in Carroll County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Parkside.
Montgomery County
This Parkside is located in Montgomery County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the east of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Parkside.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Parkside is located in Camden County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Parkside.
Warren County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Parkside [Warren County].
New York
Queens County
This Parkside is located in Queens County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Parkside.
Westchester County
This Parkside is located in Westchester County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Parkside.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Parkside is located in Delaware County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Parkside.
Monroe County
This Parkside is located in Monroe County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km] to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Parkside.
Philadelphia County
This Parkside is located in Philadelphia County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km] to the east northeast of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Parkside.
Saskatchewan
This Parkside lies 1,430 miles [2,301.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
Utah
Davis County
This Parkside is located in Davis County and lies 1,412 miles [2,272.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Parkside.
Virginia
Stafford County
This Parkside is located in Stafford County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the east of the Parkside that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Parkside.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkside ...
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.
Cherokee Garden (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 community such as Parkside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkside and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Parkside to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 466 miles [750 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 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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- Parkside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parkside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2465, Longitude: -85.6369 In this case, the coordinates for Parkside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Parkside 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Parkside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.135 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.327 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.653 degrees.