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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 Kincaid:
34.128619, -117.935619
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.
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We found ten communities that are also named Kincaid.
Within California, the name Kincaid is unique.
Beyond California, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Chattooga 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 Georgia community of Kincaid [Chattooga County].
Illinois
Christian County
This Kincaid is located in Christian County and lies 1,612 miles [2,594.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Kincaid.
Kansas
Anderson County
This Kincaid is located in Anderson County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Kincaid.
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Kincaid [Rapides Parish].
Mississippi
Grenada County
This Kincaid is located in Grenada County and lies 1,615 miles [2,599.1 km]<2> to the east of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grenada County community of Kincaid.
North Dakota
Burke County
This Kincaid is located in Burke County and lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Kincaid.
Saskatchewan
This Kincaid lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
Tennessee
Monroe County
This Kincaid is located in Monroe County and lies 1,900 miles [3,057.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Kincaid.
Virginia
Alleghany County
This Kincaid is located in Alleghany County and lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Kincaid.
West Virginia
Fayette County
This Kincaid is located in Fayette County and lies 2,050 miles [3,299.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kincaid that is located in Los Angeles County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kincaid.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kincaid ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kincaid to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kincaid and extending to:
Los Angeles, which is the Seat of Los Angeles County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kincaid to Los Angeles, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,274 miles [3,659.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,555 miles [12,158.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,324 miles [13,396.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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 Kincaid 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kincaid) 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 Kincaid, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Kincaid 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 Kincaid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1286, Longitude: -117.9356 In this case, the coordinates for Kincaid have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.995 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.851 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.454 degrees.