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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 Cinda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cinda 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 Cinda:
- 37.107315, -83.294623
- 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 Cinda
- 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 Leslie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leslie County
- Since Cinda is near Perry County and also Harlan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan 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 Cinda
Communities Also Named Cinda ...
We found one communities that are also named Cinda.
Within Kentucky, the name Cinda is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Cinda in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi 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 Arkansas community of Cinda [Mississippi County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cinda ...
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.
- Big Laurel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Big Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Busy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Busy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
- Christopher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Christopher is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
- Combs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Combs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Cutshin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Daisy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Daisy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Dryhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dryhill is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryhill
- Grassy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grassy is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Hazard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jason
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jason is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Jeff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Lewis Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lewis Creek is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Creek
- Thousandsticks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Typo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Typo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Typo
- Viper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Woodland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Park is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Cinda 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 Cinda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cinda and extending to:
- Hyden, which is the Seat of Leslie County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cinda to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Cinda 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cinda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cinda 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 Cinda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1073, Longitude: -83.2946 In this case, the coordinates for Cinda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.679 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.496 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.953 degrees. |
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