Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Walden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walden and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Walden
- 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 Walden:
- 36.845918, -84.167712
- 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 Walden
- 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 Whitley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Whitley County
- Since Walden is near Knox County and also Laurel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- eBird sighting report for Laurel 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 Walden ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Walden.
Within Kentucky, the name Walden is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- New York
- Erie County
- This Walden is located in Erie County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Walden that is located in Whitley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Walden.
- Orange County
- This Walden is located in Orange County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the northeast of the Walden that is located in Whitley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Walden.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Walden lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Walden that is located in Whitley County.
- Ontario
- This Walden lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<2> to the north of the Walden that is located in Whitley County.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Abbeville 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 South Carolina community of Walden [Abbeville County].
- Lexington County
- This Walden is located in Lexington County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Walden that is located in Whitley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Walden.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Jefferson County
- This Walden is located in Jefferson County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Walden that is located in Whitley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Walden.
- Montgomery County
- Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walden.
- Vermont
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walden ...
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.
- Baldrock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Balltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Camp Grounds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Grounds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Grounds
- Camp Grounds is located in Knox County
- Dishman Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dishman Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishman Springs
- Dishman Springs is located in Knox County
- Duckrun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Goldbug
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Gray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Gray is located in Knox County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <5>
- Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Honeybee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Little Marina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Marina have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Marina
- Little Marina is located in Whitley County
- Lucky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant View. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Redbird
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell
How Far From Walden 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 Walden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walden and extending to:
- Williamsburg, which is the Seat of Whitley County, lies just to the South.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Walden to Frankfort, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,876 miles [7,847.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Walden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Walden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8459, Longitude: -84.1677 In this case, the coordinates for Walden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Walden 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Walden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.208 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.064 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.397 degrees. |