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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 Sunny Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Acres 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 Sunny Acres:
- 39.015895, -84.497997
- 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 Sunny Acres
- 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 Kenton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton County
- Since Sunny Acres is near Campbell County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Sunny Acres
Communities Also Named Sunny Acres ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Sunny Acres.
Within Kentucky, the name Sunny Acres is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Hillsborough County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the south of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Sunny Acres.
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Dougherty County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the south of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Sunny Acres.
- Gwinnett County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Gwinnett County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km] to the south of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Sunny Acres.
- Paulding County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Paulding County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km] to the south of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Sunny Acres.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Cook County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Sunny Acres.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Frederick County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the east of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Sunny Acres.
- Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Sunny Acres [Prince George's County].
- New Brunswick
- This Sunny Acres lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- North Carolina
- Scotland County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Scotland County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Sunny Acres.
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Lawrence County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Sunny Acres.
- South Carolina
- Pickens County
- This Sunny Acres is located in Pickens County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sunny Acres that is located in Kenton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Sunny Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Acres ...
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.
- California
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- California is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crescent Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Park is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Crescent Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grant is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johns Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Johns Hill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Hill
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lamb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lookout Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lookout Heights is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Heights
- Park Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pool's Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pool's Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool's Creek
- Silver Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summit Hills Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Summit Hills Heights is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills Heights
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
How Far From Sunny Acres to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sunny Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunny Acres and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Kenton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Acres to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 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 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sunny Acres) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sunny Acres 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'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 Sunny Acres 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 Sunny Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0159, Longitude: -84.4980 In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.423 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.623 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.923 degrees. |
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