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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 Perry Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Perry Park 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 Perry Park:
    • 38.548121, -84.999673
    • 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 Perry Park
  • 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 Owen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Owen County
    • Since Perry Park is near Henry County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Perry Park

Communities Also Named Perry Park ...

We found four communities that are also named Perry Park.

Within Kentucky, the name Perry Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Perry Park is located in Douglas County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<1> to the west of the Perry Park that is located in Owen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Perry Park.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle 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 Delaware community of Perry Park [New Castle County].
    • North Carolina
      • Lenoir County
      • This Perry Park is located in Lenoir County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Perry Park that is located in Owen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Perry Park.
    • Tennessee
      • Robertson County
      • This Perry Park is located in Robertson County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the southwest of the Perry Park that is located in Owen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Perry Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Perry Park ...

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.

  • Carson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Carson is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Easterday
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Easterday is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterday
  • English
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • English is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Lockport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lockport is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
  • Long Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Long Ridge is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Pleasant Home
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Home is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
  • Slabtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Slabtown is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Squiresville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Squiresville is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiresville

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

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

  • Owenton, which is the Seat of Owen County, lies just to the East.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Perry Park to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 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 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Perry Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Perry Park 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>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.
<4>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 Perry Park 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 Perry Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5481, Longitude: -84.9997       In this case, the coordinates for Perry Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.738 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.915 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.283 degrees.