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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 Oriole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oriole 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 Oriole:
    • 37.297823, -87.570280
    • 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 Oriole
  • 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 Hopkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
    • Since Oriole is near Webster County and also Christian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Christian 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 Oriole

Communities Also Named Oriole ...

We found ten communities that are also named Oriole.

Within Kentucky, the name Oriole is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, 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 ...
    • Florida
      • Hernando 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 Florida community of Oriole [Hernando County].
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Oriole is located in Hillsborough County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Oriole that is located in Hopkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Oriole.
    • Indiana
      • Perry County
      • This Oriole is located in Perry County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Oriole that is located in Hopkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Oriole.
    • Kansas
      • Smith 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 Kansas community of Oriole [Smith County].
    • Maryland
      • Somerset County
      • This Oriole is located in Somerset County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the east of the Oriole that is located in Hopkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Oriole.
    • Minnesota
      • Redwood 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 Minnesota community of Oriole [Redwood County].
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • This Oriole is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the west of the Oriole that is located in Hopkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Oriole.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Oriole.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • This Oriole is located in Lycoming County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Oriole that is located in Hopkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Oriole.
    • West Virginia
      • Preston 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 West Virginia community of Oriole [Preston County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oriole ...

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.

  • Coiltown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Coiltown is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coiltown
  • Daniel Boone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Daniel Boone is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Boone
  • Fiddle Bow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
  • Grapevine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Grapevine is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Little Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Valley is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
  • Pee Vee
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Pee Vee is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Vee
  • Rabbit Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rabbit Ridge is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Ridge
  • Sixth Vein
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sixth Vein is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixth Vein

How Far From Oriole to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oriole to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Madisonville, which is the Seat of Hopkins County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Oriole to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 582 miles [936.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,126 miles [11,468.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 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 Oriole 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 '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- Oriole) 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 Oriole, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Oriole 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 Oriole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2978, Longitude: -87.5703       In this case, the coordinates for Oriole have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.331 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.567 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.76 degrees.