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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 Penny, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penny 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 Penny:
- 36.647000, -88.360595
- 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 Penny
- 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 Calloway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway County
- Since Penny is near Marshall County and also Graves County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graves 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 Penny
Communities Also Named Penny ...
We found three communities that are also named Penny.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Penny.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, .
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Pike County
- This Penny is located in Pike County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the east of the Penny that is located in Calloway County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Penny.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Penny lies 1,963 miles [3,159.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Penny that is located in Calloway County.
- North Carolina
- Johnston 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 North Carolina community of Penny [Johnston County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penny ...
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.
- Bell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Brewers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brewers is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers
- Coldwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Cooksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cooksville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Crossland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crossland is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossland
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Harris Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Hazel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lynn Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Grove
- Murray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pottertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pottertown is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottertown
How Far From Penny 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 community such as Penny to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Penny and extending to:
- Murray, which is the Seat of Calloway County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Penny to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 636 miles [1,023.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,064 miles [8,149.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Penny) 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 Penny 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Penny 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 Penny. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6470, Longitude: -88.3606 In this case, the coordinates for Penny have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.023 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.264 degrees. |
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