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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 Worthville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Worthville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Worthville:
    • 38.609678, -85.068154
    • 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 Worthville
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Worthville is near Henry County and also Owen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Owen 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 Worthville

Communities Also Named Worthville ...

We found four communities that are also named Worthville.

Within Kentucky, the name Worthville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Butts County
      • This Worthville is located in Butts County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the south of the Worthville that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butts County community of Worthville.
    • New York
      • Jefferson 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 New York community of Worthville [Jefferson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Randolph County
      • This Worthville is located in Randolph County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Worthville that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Worthville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Worthville is located in Jefferson County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Worthville that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Worthville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Worthville ...

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.

  • Carson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Carson is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Easterday
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Easterday is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterday
  • English
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • English is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Five Points
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Indian Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lamb
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamb is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
  • Long Run
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Long Run is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
  • Monitor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Monitor is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
  • Pleasant Home
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Home is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
  • Providence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Providence is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Squiresville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Squiresville is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiresville

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

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Worthville to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Worthville) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Worthville 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 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 Worthville 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 Worthville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6097, Longitude: -85.0682       In this case, the coordinates for Worthville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.781 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.973 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.297 degrees.