We found fifteen communities that are also named Piney.
Within Manitoba, the name Piney is unique.
Beyond Manitoba, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cherokee County
This Piney is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Piney.
Arkansas
Carroll 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 Arkansas community of Piney [Carroll County].
Franklin County
This Piney is located in Franklin County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Piney.
Garland County
This Piney is located in Garland County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Piney.
Johnson County
This Piney is located in Johnson County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Piney.
Pope County
This Piney is located in Pope County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Piney.
Kentucky
Crittenden County
This Piney is located in Crittenden County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Piney.
North Carolina
Caldwell County
This Piney is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Piney.
Oklahoma
Adair County
This Piney is located in Adair County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Piney.
Pennsylvania
Clarion 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 Pennsylvania community of Piney [Clarion County].
Tennessee
Loudon 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 Tennessee community of Piney [Loudon County].
Morgan County
This Piney is located in Morgan County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Piney.
Van Buren County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Piney [Van Buren County].
Texas
Austin County
Although located in Austin County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Piney.
West Virginia
Wetzel County
This Piney is located in Wetzel County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Piney.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney ...
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.
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 Piney to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Piney and extending to:
Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Piney to Winnipeg, 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 980 miles [1,577.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Piney) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Piney 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 . 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 Piney 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 Piney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0753, Longitude: -95.9783
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.223 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.887 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.069 degrees.