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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 Hinkle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hinkle 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 Hinkle:
    • 36.912588, -83.818811
    • 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 Hinkle
  • 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Since Hinkle is near Letcher County and also Bell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bell 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 Hinkle

Communities Also Named Hinkle ...

We found five communities that are also named Hinkle.

Within Kentucky, the name Hinkle is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Hinkle is located in Johnson County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west of the Hinkle that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hinkle.
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Hinkle is located in Bossier Parish and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hinkle that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Hinkle.
    • Mississippi
      • Alcorn 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 Mississippi community of Hinkle [Alcorn County].
    • Oregon
      • Umatilla County
      • This Hinkle is located in Umatilla County and lies 1,920 miles [3,089.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hinkle that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Hinkle.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • This Hinkle is located in Hardin County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hinkle that is located in Knox County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Hinkle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinkle ...

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.

  • Cannon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cannon is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Crane Nest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Crane Nest is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest
  • Dishman Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dishman Springs is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishman Springs
  • Flat Lick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Flat Lick is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick
  • Girdler
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Girdler is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler
  • Old Flat Lick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Flat Lick is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Flat Lick
  • Pogue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pogue is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue
  • Providence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Providence is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Swan Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Swan Lake is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
  • Swanpond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Swanpond is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanpond
  • Turkey Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Turkey Creek is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek

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

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

  • Barbourville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hinkle to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Hinkle) 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 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 Hinkle 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 Hinkle 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 Hinkle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9126, Longitude: -83.8188       In this case, the coordinates for Hinkle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.996 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.831 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.231 degrees.