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 Worthington:
38.315490, -85.561370
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 Worthington
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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eighteen communities that are also named Worthington.
There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Worthington.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Kentucky ...
Greenup County
This Worthington is located in Greenup County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the east of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Worthington.
Henderson 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 Kentucky community of Worthington [Henderson County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Bradford 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 Florida community of Worthington [Bradford County].
Union 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 Florida community of Worthington [Union County].
Indiana
Greene County
This Worthington is located in Greene County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Worthington.
Iowa
Dubuque County
This Worthington is located in Dubuque County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Worthington.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Worthington is located in Baltimore County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Worthington.
Howard County
This Worthington is located in Howard County and lies 476 miles [766 km] to the east of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Worthington.
Massachusetts
Hampshire County
This Worthington is located in Hampshire County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Worthington.
Minnesota
Nobles County
This Worthington is located in Nobles County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nobles County community of Worthington.
Missouri
Putnam County
This Worthington is located in Putnam County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Worthington.
Schuyler County
Although located in Schuyler County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Worthington.
New York
Westchester County
This Worthington is located in Westchester County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Worthington.
North Carolina
Gaston 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 North Carolina community of Worthington [Gaston County].
Ohio
Franklin County
This Worthington is located in Franklin County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Worthington.
Ontario
This Worthington lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
Pennsylvania
Armstrong County
This Worthington is located in Armstrong County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Worthington.
West Virginia
Marion County
This Worthington is located in Marion County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Worthington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Worthington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Worthington ...
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.
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 Worthington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Worthington and extending to:
Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Worthington to Louisville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 461 miles [741.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Worthington) 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 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 Worthington 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 Worthington 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 Worthington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3155, Longitude: -85.5614
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.088 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.283 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.60 degrees.