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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 Rollington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rollington 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 Rollington:
- 38.319513, -85.497460
- 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 Rollington
- 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 Rollington 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 Rollington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rollington ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coldstream
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Coldstream is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
- Creekside
(4 miles [6.4 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 east)
- Floydsburg is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floydsburg
- Glenarm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenarm is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenarm
- Goose Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Griffytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffytown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffytown
- Hickory Hill
(4 miles [6.4 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Manor Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadow Vale
(4 miles [6.4 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Moorland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Park Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Park Lake is located in Oldham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
- Pewee Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plantation
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plantation is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 856 people
- Rolling Hills
(5 miles [8 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
How Far From Rollington 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 Rollington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rollington 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 Rollington to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> 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 458 miles [737.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rollington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rollington 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 Rollington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3195, Longitude: -85.4975 In this case, the coordinates for Rollington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.048 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.238 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.57 degrees. |
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