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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 Wards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wards 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 Wards:
    • 37.459505, -85.610242
    • 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 Wards
  • 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 Green County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
    • Since Wards is near Taylor County and also Larue County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Larue 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 Wards

Communities Also Named Wards ...

We found ten communities that are also named Wards.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Wards.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Rockcastle 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 Kentucky community of Wards [Rockcastle County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Wards [Saint Clair County].
    • Michigan
      • Antrim 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 Michigan community of Wards [Antrim County].
      • Manistee 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 Michigan community of Wards [Manistee County].
      • Schoolcraft 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 Michigan community of Wards [Schoolcraft County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Charles 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 Missouri community of Wards [Saint Charles County].
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus County
      • This Wards is located in Columbus County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wards that is located in Green County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Wards.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Wards.
      • Putnam County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wards [Putnam County].
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Wards [Edgefield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wards ...

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.

  • Badger
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Badger is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
  • Boundary Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Boundary Oak is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary Oak
  • Buffalo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buffalo is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Ginseng
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ginseng is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginseng
  • Gleanings
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gleanings is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings
  • Hibernia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hibernia is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
  • Howardstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Howardstown is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
  • Leafdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leafdale is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leafdale
  • Mac
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mac is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
  • Magnolia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Magnolia is located in Larue County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Maple
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Maple is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple

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

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

  • Greensburg, which is the Seat of Green County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wards to Greensburg, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 475 miles [764.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,036 miles [11,323.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Wards 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Wards, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Wards 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 Wards. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4595, Longitude: -85.6102       In this case, the coordinates for Wards have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.106 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.182 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.853 degrees.