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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 Kenny, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kenny 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 Kenny:
    • 30.356067, -82.242616
    • 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 Kenny
  • 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
    • Since Kenny is near Charlton County and also Nassau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau 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 Kenny

Communities Also Named Kenny ...

We found four communities that are also named Kenny.

There is one other community in Florida that is also named Kenny.

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

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Hillsborough County
      • This Kenny is located in Hillsborough County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the south of the Kenny that is located in Baker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Kenny.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This Kenny is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,419 miles [3,893 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kenny that is located in Baker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Kenny.
    • Ontario
      • This Kenny lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<1> to the north of the Kenny that is located in Baker County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Kenny [Allegheny County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kenny ...

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.

  • Boggy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boggy is located in Charlton County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
  • Greenfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Greenfield is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Highland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Hugh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hugh is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugh
  • Johnstown
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Johnstown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Kent
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kent is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Manns Spur
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Manns Spur is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Spur
  • Maxville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Maxville is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Pine Top
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Top is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
  • Stokesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Stokesville is located in Charlton County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville

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

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

  • MacClenny, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Kenny to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,071 miles [8,161 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kenny) 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 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 Kenny 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 Kenny 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 Kenny. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3561, Longitude: -82.2426       In this case, the coordinates for Kenny have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.872 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.609 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.298 degrees.