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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 Upton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upton 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 Upton:
    • 37.463485, -85.898671
    • 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 Upton
  • 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 Upton ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Upton.

Within Kentucky, the name Upton is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Upton is located in Etowah County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the south of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Upton.
      • Marshall County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Upton [Marshall County].
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • This Upton is located in Siskiyou County and lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Upton.
    • Georgia
      • Coffee County
      • This Upton is located in Coffee County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Upton.
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Upton [Lake County].
    • Indiana
      • Posey County
      • This Upton is located in Posey County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Upton.
    • Kansas
      • Miami County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Upton [Miami County].
      • Phillips County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Upton [Phillips County].
    • Maine
      • Oxford County
      • This Upton is located in Oxford County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Upton.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Upton is located in Worcester County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Upton.
    • Michigan
      • Clare County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Upton [Clare County].
    • Minnesota
      • Blue Earth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Upton [Blue Earth County].
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson County
      • This Upton is located in Simpson County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Upton.
    • Missouri
      • Scotland County
      • Although located in Scotland County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Upton.
      • Texas County
      • This Upton is located in Texas County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the west of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Upton.
    • Nebraska
      • Custer County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Custer County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Upton.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Upton is located in Burlington County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Upton.
    • New Mexico
      • Roosevelt County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Upton [Roosevelt County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Upton is located in Suffolk County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Upton.
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell County
      • This Upton is located in Caldwell County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Upton.
    • Ohio
      • Sandusky County
      • This Upton is located in Sandusky County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Upton.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • This Upton is located in Delaware County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Upton.
      • Franklin County
      • This Upton is located in Franklin County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km] to the east northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Upton.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Upton lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
    • Quebec
      • This Upton lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
    • Texas
      • Bastrop County
      • This Upton is located in Bastrop County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Upton.
    • Utah
      • Beaver County
      • This Upton is located in Beaver County and lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<1> to the west of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Upton.
      • Summit County
      • This Upton is located in Summit County and lies 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km] to the west northwest of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Upton.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Upton is located in Marion County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Upton.
    • Wyoming
      • Weston County
      • This Upton is located in Weston County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Upton that is located in Hardin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weston County community of Upton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Upton ...

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.

  • Bonnieville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnieville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnieville
    • Bonnieville is located in Hart County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonnieville <5>
  • Flint Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
  • High Hickory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hickory have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hickory
    • High Hickory is located in Hart County
  • Lone Star
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Star have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Lone Star is located in Hart County
  • Maxine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxine
    • Maxine is located in Larue County
  • Priceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
    • Priceville is located in Hart County
  • Riders Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riders Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mill
    • Riders Mill is located in Hart County
  • Seven Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
    • Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
  • Tanner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
    • Tanner is located in Larue County

How Far From Upton 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 city such as Upton to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Upton to Elizabethtown, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Upton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hardin County: www.hcky.org/

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

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- Upton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Upton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4635, Longitude: -85.8987       In this case, the coordinates for Upton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Upton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Upton 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Upton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.286 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.389 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.979 degrees.









 

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