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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 West Louisville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Louisville 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 West Louisville:
- 37.696832, -87.287117
- 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 West Louisville
- 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 Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
- Since West Louisville is near McLean County and also Henderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson 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 West Louisville
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Louisville ...
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.
- Bluff City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Delaware
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Handyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Handyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handyville
- Lemon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Panther
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Panther is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Poverty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Poverty is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty
- Rangers Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rangers Landing is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangers Landing
- Stanley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tuck is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck
How Far From West Louisville 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 West Louisville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Louisville and extending to:
- Owensboro, which is the Seat of Daviess County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Louisville to Owensboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 561 miles [902.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,096 miles [11,419.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- West Louisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 West Louisville 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 West Louisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6968, Longitude: -87.2871 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.431 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.535 degrees. |
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