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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 Pinkneyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinkneyville 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 Pinkneyville:
    • 33.106785, -85.959132
    • 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 Pinkneyville
  • 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Since Pinkneyville is near Tallapoosa County and also Coosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallapoosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa 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 Pinkneyville

Communities Also Named Pinkneyville ...

We found one communities that are also named Pinkneyville.

Within Alabama, the name Pinkneyville is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Pinkneyville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Pinkneyville is located in Sussex County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pinkneyville that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Pinkneyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinkneyville ...

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.

  • Cowpens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
  • Fuller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Fuller is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
  • Gage
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Gage is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
  • Goldville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
  • Goodwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatchet Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hatchet Creek is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Creek
  • High Pine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • High Pine is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pine
  • Indian Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Indian Hills is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Liberty
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Liberty is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • New Site
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
  • Parish Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Parish Hills is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Hills
  • Rays Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rays Crossroads is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossroads
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Sunny Level
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sunny Level is located in Tallapoosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Level

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

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

  • Ashland, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pinkneyville to Ashland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,240 miles [11,651.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 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- Pinkneyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pinkneyville 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 Pinkneyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1068, Longitude: -85.9591       In this case, the coordinates for Pinkneyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.148 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.62 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.05 degrees.