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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:
    • 37.359271, -82.561543
    • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Penny is near Floyd County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 ...
    • Calloway County
      • This Penny is located in Calloway County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the west of the Penny that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calloway County community of Penny.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Penny lies 2,150 miles [3,460.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Penny that is located in Pike 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.

  • Bear Fork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bear Fork is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Fork
  • Beaver
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Big Card
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Big Card is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Card
  • Crooked Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Fords Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fords Branch is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
  • Frogtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Frogtown is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Garden Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden Village is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
  • Greasy Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Creek
  • Harley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harley is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
  • Henry Clay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Henry Clay is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
  • Indian Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Liberty
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Lookout
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lookout is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
    • Lower Greasy Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
    • Lower Long Fork
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lower Long Fork is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Long Fork
    • Mayo Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Mayo Village is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
    • Pigeon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Pigeon is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
    • Robinson Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
    • Rockhouse
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rockhouse is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
    • Teaberry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Teaberry is located in Floyd County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
    • Turkey Pen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Turkey Pen is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Pen

How Far From Penny 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 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:

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Penny to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 318 miles [511.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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 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: 37.3593, Longitude: -82.5615       In this case, the coordinates for Penny have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.236 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.024 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.568 degrees.