Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kinderhook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kinderhook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kinderhook
- 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 Kinderhook:
- 39.703993, -91.152277
- 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 Kinderhook
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Kinderhook is near Adams County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Kinderhook ...
We found eight communities that share the name Kinderhook.
Within Illinois, the name Kinderhook is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cleburne 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 Arkansas community of Kinderhook [Cleburne County].
- Van Buren County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kinderhook [Van Buren County].
- Michigan
- Branch County
- This Kinderhook is located in Branch County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Kinderhook that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Kinderhook.
- New York
- Columbia County
- This Kinderhook is located in Columbia County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Kinderhook that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Kinderhook.
- Ohio
- Pickaway County
- This Kinderhook is located in Pickaway County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<3> to the east of the Kinderhook that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Kinderhook.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This Kinderhook is located in Lancaster County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<3> to the east of the Kinderhook that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Kinderhook.
- Tennessee
- Maury County
- This Kinderhook is located in Maury County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<3> to the southeast of the Kinderhook that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Kinderhook.
- Virginia
- Greene County
- This Kinderhook is located in Greene County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<3> to the east of the Kinderhook that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Kinderhook.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kinderhook ...
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.
- Aladdin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Barry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Barry is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barry <5>
- Beverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Cave City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Hull
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hull have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Hull is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hull <5>
- Monkey Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkey Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Monkey Run is located in Ralls County (MO)
- New Philadelphia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- New Philadelphia is located in Pike County
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainville <5>
- Salt River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt River
- Salt River is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Shepherd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Kinderhook 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 village such as Kinderhook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kinderhook and extending to:
- Pittsfield, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kinderhook to Pittsfield, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,418 miles [10,328.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,158 miles [11,519.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kinderhook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 Kinderhook 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> | 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 Kinderhook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kinderhook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kinderhook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7040, Longitude: -91.1523 |
| <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 Kinderhook 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 316.744 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.673 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.857 degrees. |