Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hinckley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hinckley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hinckley
- 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 Hinckley:
- 43.864911, -111.858301
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hinckley
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Hinckley is near Fremont County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hinckley ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Hinckley.
Within Idaho, the name Hinckley is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maine
- Minnesota
- New York
- Herkimer 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 New York community of Hinckley [Herkimer County].
- Oneida County
- This Hinckley is located in Oneida County and lies 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km]<2> to the east of the Hinckley that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Hinckley.
- Ohio
- Texas
- Hunt 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 Texas community of Hinckley [Hunt County].
- Lamar County
- This Hinckley is located in Lamar County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Hinckley that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Hinckley.
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinckley ...
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.
- Annis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
- Annis is located in Jefferson County
- Archer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Archer is located in Madison County
- Gale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Hart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Independence ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Madison County
- Jensen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Jolley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Mark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Moody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Sugar City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar City
- Sugar City is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar City <5>
How Far From Hinckley 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 Hinckley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hinckley and extending to:
- Rexburg, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hinckley to Boise City, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,577 miles [8,975.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hinckley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
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 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 Hinckley 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 '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- Hinckley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hinckley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8649, Longitude: -111.8583 In this case, the coordinates for Hinckley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Hinckley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hinckley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.155 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.022 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.478 degrees. |