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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 Pride, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pride 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 Pride:
    • 37.558379, -87.890854
    • 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 Pride
  • 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Since Pride is near Webster County and also Crittenden 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 Crittenden 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 Pride

Communities Also Named Pride ...

We found nine communities that are also named Pride.

Within Kentucky, the name Pride is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert 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 Alabama community of Pride [Colbert County].
    • Georgia
      • Hancock County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pride [Hancock County].
    • Kansas
      • Barton 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 Pride [Barton County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Pride is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Pride that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Pride.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Pride is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Pride that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Pride.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This Pride is located in Ross County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Pride that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Pride.
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Pride [Union County].
    • Texas
      • Dawson County
      • This Pride is located in Dawson County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Pride that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Pride.
    • Virginia
      • Dinwiddie 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 Virginia community of Pride [Dinwiddie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pride ...

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.

  • Arnold
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Arnold is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Boxville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Boxville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxville
  • Clay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <4>
  • Derby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Derby is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Free Union
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Free Union is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
  • Givens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Givens is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens
  • Hazel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazel is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • Hearin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hearin is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearin
  • Rock Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rock Spring is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
  • Virginia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Virginia is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia

How Far From Pride 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 Pride to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Morganfield, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the North.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Pride to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 595 miles [957.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,127 miles [11,469.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,004 miles [8,053.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Pride 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>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 Pride, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Pride) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pride 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 Pride. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5584, Longitude: -87.8909       In this case, the coordinates for Pride have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.543 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.847 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.84 degrees.