Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Vinton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vinton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Vinton
- 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 Vinton:
- 37.106329, -96.825417
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Vinton
- 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 Cowley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cowley County
- Since Vinton is near Kay County and also Osage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kay County
- eBird sighting report for Osage 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Vinton ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Vinton.
There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Vinton.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- This Vinton is located in Gallia County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vinton that is located in Cowley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Vinton.
- Vinton County
- This Vinton is located in Vinton County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the east northeast of the Vinton that is located in Cowley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Vinton.
- Quebec
- This Vinton lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Vinton that is located in Cowley County.
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vinton ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Chautauqua County
- Cooper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Dale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Dale is located in Cowley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dale
- From Vinton to Dale
- Floral
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Floral. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Floral is located in Cowley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Floral
- From Vinton to Floral
- Hardy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Kellogg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kellogg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Kellogg is located in Cowley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kellogg
- From Vinton to Kellogg
- Maple City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Maple City is located in Cowley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Maple City
- From Vinton to Maple City
- Rainbow Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rainbow Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Bend
- Rainbow Bend is located in Cowley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rainbow Bend
- From Vinton to Rainbow Bend
- Silverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Silverdale is located in Cowley County
How Far From Vinton 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 Vinton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vinton and extending to:
- Winfield, which is the Seat of Cowley County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vinton to Winfield, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,501 miles [12,071.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,389 miles [8,672.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vinton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cowley County: www.cowleycounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 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 Vinton 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vinton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vinton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1063, Longitude: -96.8254 In this case, the coordinates for Vinton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Vinton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Vinton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.424 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.595 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.103 degrees. |