Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pekin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pekin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pekin
- 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 Pekin:
- 37.879531, -83.389626
- 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 Pekin
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Pekin is near Menifee County and also Wolfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Menifee County
- eBird sighting report for Wolfe 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 Pekin ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Pekin.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Pekin.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Craighead 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 Pekin [Craighead County].
- Stone County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pekin [Stone County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Nebraska
- New York
- Niagara County
- This Pekin is located in Niagara County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Pekin that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Pekin.
- Oswego County
- This Pekin is located in Oswego County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km] to the northeast of the Pekin that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Pekin.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Carroll County
- This Pekin is located in Carroll County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Pekin that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Pekin.
- Jefferson County
- This Pekin is located in Jefferson County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the northeast of the Pekin that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pekin.
- Medina County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Medina County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Pekin.
- Stark County
- This community is historic and although located in Stark County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Pekin.
- Warren County
- This Pekin is located in Warren County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the north northwest of the Pekin that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pekin.
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pekin ...
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.
- Artville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Bear Wallow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Wallow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
- Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
- Bonny
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Daysboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Grassy Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
- Hazel Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
- Index
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Liberty Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Road have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Road
- Liberty Road is located in Morgan County
- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
- Murphyfork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphyfork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphyfork
- Murphyfork is located in Morgan County
- Panama
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Right Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Right Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Right Fork
- Right Fork is located in Morgan County
- Straight Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straight Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
- Straight Creek is located in Morgan County
- Twentysix
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Woodsbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Right Fork
How Far From Pekin 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 Pekin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pekin and extending to:
- West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Pekin to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 350 miles [563.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pekin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.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 Pekin 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 Pekin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Pekin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pekin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8795, Longitude: -83.3896 In this case, the coordinates for Pekin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Pekin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.738 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.675 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.768 degrees. |