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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 Saint Vincent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Vincent 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 Saint Vincent:
    • 37.704766, -87.840022
    • 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 Saint Vincent
  • 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 Saint Vincent is near Henderson County and also Webster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Saint Vincent

Communities Also Named Saint Vincent ...

We found six communities that are also named Saint Vincent.

Within Kentucky, the name Saint Vincent is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Saint Vincent lies 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Vincent that is located in Union County.
    • Arkansas
      • Conway County
      • This Saint Vincent is located in Conway County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saint Vincent that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Saint Vincent.
    • California
      • Marin County
      • This Saint Vincent is located in Marin County and lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Vincent that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Saint Vincent.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Saint Vincent [Allen County].
    • Louisiana
      • Assumption Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Saint Vincent [Assumption Parish].
    • Minnesota
      • Kittson County
      • This Saint Vincent is located in Kittson County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Saint Vincent that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittson County community of Saint Vincent.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Vincent ...

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
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Arnold is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Boxville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Boxville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxville
  • Cairo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cairo is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Dixie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Dixie is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Geneva
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Geneva is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Givens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Givens is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens
  • Hearin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Hearin is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearin
  • King Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • King Mills is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Mills
  • Pride
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pride is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
  • Rock Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rock Springs is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Spring Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Spring Grove is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
  • Tunnel Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Tunnel Hill is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill
  • Uniontown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Uniontown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people

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

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

  • Morganfield, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Vincent to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 590 miles [949.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,119 miles [11,456.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,995 miles [8,038.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Saint Vincent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Saint Vincent 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Saint Vincent 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 Saint Vincent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7048, Longitude: -87.8400       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Vincent have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.516 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.836 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.781 degrees.