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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 Pinckneyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinckneyville 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 Pinckneyville:
    • 33.968434, -84.207697
    • 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 Pinckneyville
  • 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 Gwinnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
    • Since Pinckneyville is near Fulton County and also DeKalb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb 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 Pinckneyville

Communities Also Named Pinckneyville ...

We found five communities that are also named Pinckneyville.

Within Georgia, the name Pinckneyville is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clay 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 Pinckneyville [Clay County].
    • Illinois
      • Perry County
      • This Pinckneyville is located in Perry County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pinckneyville that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Pinckneyville.
    • Kentucky
      • Livingston County
      • This Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pinckneyville that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Pinckneyville.
    • Mississippi
      • Wilkinson County
      • This Pinckneyville is located in Wilkinson County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pinckneyville that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Pinckneyville.
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Pinckneyville is located in Union County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pinckneyville that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Pinckneyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinckneyville ...

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.

  • Beaverdam ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Beaverdam is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Covered Bridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Covered Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge
  • Elmside Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elmside Village is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside Village
  • Indian Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Crossing is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
  • Jones Bridge Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jones Bridge Landing is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bridge Landing
  • Mechanicsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Overlook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Overlook is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Peachtree Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Peachtree Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Peachtree Forest is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Forest
  • Peachtree Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Peachtree Station is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Station
  • River Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • River Bluff is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff
  • Waters Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Waters Ferry is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Ferry

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Pinckneyville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinckneyville and extending to:

  • Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Pinckneyville to Lawrenceville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 523 miles [841.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,002 miles [8,049.9 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 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 Pinckneyville 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 '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- Pinckneyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Pinckneyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Pinckneyville 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 Pinckneyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9684, Longitude: -84.2077       In this case, the coordinates for Pinckneyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.156 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.596 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.163 degrees.