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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 Cunningham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cunningham 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 Cunningham:
    • 36.907555, -88.889782
    • 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 Cunningham
  • 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 Cunningham ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Cunningham.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Cunningham.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Bourbon 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 Kentucky community of Cunningham [Bourbon County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • This Cunningham is located in Clarke County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the south of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Cunningham.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Cunningham is located in Jefferson County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the south southeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cunningham.
      • Pickens County
      • This Cunningham is located in Pickens County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the south of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Cunningham.
    • Arkansas
      • Saline County
      • 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 Arkansas community of Cunningham [Saline County].
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Cunningham is located in Sonoma County and lies 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Cunningham.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Cunningham is located in Hillsborough County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Cunningham.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Cunningham is located in Floyd County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Cunningham.
    • Kansas
      • Kingman County
      • This Cunningham is located in Kingman County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the west of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Cunningham.
    • Missouri
      • Chariton County
      • This Cunningham is located in Chariton County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chariton County community of Cunningham.
      • Pemiscot County
      • This Cunningham is located in Pemiscot County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the southwest of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Cunningham.
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Colfax County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Cunningham.
    • North Carolina
      • Person County
      • This Cunningham is located in Person County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<2> to the east of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Cunningham.
    • Ohio
      • Fayette County
      • This Cunningham is located in Fayette County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Cunningham.
      • Putnam County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Putnam County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Cunningham.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Cunningham is located in Butler County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Cunningham.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Cunningham is located in Spartanburg County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Cunningham.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cunningham is located in Montgomery County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cunningham.
      • Obion County
      • This Cunningham is located in Obion County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south southwest of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Cunningham.
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • This Cunningham is located in Lamar County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Cunningham.
    • Virginia
      • Fluvanna County
      • This Cunningham is located in Fluvanna County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the east of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fluvanna County community of Cunningham.
    • Washington
      • Adams County
      • This Cunningham is located in Adams County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Cunningham.
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • This Cunningham is located in Hardy County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cunningham that is located in Carlisle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Cunningham.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cunningham ...

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.

  • Blandville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blandville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
    • Blandville is located in Ballard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Fancy Farm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fancy Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
    • Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
  • Gage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
    • Gage is located in Ballard County
  • Kansas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kansas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
    • Kansas is located in Graves County
  • Lovelaceville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelaceville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
    • Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
  • Magee Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magee Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Springs
    • Magee Springs is located in Carlisle County
  • Pottsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
    • Pottsville is located in Graves County
  • Wheel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
    • Wheel is located in Graves County

How Far From Cunningham to ...

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 Cunningham to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Bardwell, which is the Seat of Carlisle County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Cunningham to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,075 miles [8,167.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cunningham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.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 Cunningham 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cunningham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cunningham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9076, Longitude: -88.8898       In this case, the coordinates for Cunningham 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 Cunningham, 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>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 Cunningham to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.153 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.459 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.44 degrees.




 

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