Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Southland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Southland
- 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 Southland:
- 38.019522, -84.530773
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Southland
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Southland is near Jessamine County and also Woodford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jessamine County
- eBird sighting report for Woodford 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Southland ...
We found ten communities that share the name Southland.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Southland.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- This Southland is located in Craighead County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Southland that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Southland.
- Phillips County
- This Southland is located in Phillips County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km] to the west southwest of the Southland that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Southland.
- Florida
- Charlotte 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 Florida community of Southland [Charlotte County].
- Hillsborough County
- This Southland is located in Hillsborough County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<2> to the south of the Southland that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Southland.
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Texas
- Garza County
- This Southland is located in Garza County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Southland that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garza County community of Southland.
- Wharton 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 Texas community of Southland [Wharton County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southland ...
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.
- Blueberry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blueberry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hill
- Blueberry Hill is located in Fayette County
- Chevy Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
- Chevy Chase is located in Fayette County
- Colony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Colony is located in Fayette County
- Fairway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
- Fairway is located in Fayette County
- Gamesway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Garden Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Springs
- Garden Springs is located in Fayette County
- Gardenside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
- Gardenside is located in Fayette County
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holiday Hills is located in Fayette County
- Idle Hour
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Fayette County
- Jonestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Liberty Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
- Liberty Heights is located in Fayette County
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- Open Gates
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Open Gates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Open Gates
- Open Gates is located in Fayette County
- Pine Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
- Pine Meadows is located in Fayette County
- Shadeland
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Stoneybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Stoneybrook is located in Fayette County
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Open Gates
How Far From Southland 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 community such as Southland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southland and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Southland to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 409 miles [658.2 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 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,841 miles [7,790.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Southland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 Southland 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- Southland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0195, Longitude: -84.5308 In this case, the coordinates for Southland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Southland 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 312.442 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.501 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.226 degrees. |