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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 Pinckney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinckney 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 Pinckney:
- 38.678659, -91.232932
- 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 Pinckney
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Pinckney is near Franklin County and also Gasconade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gasconade 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 Pinckney
Communities Also Named Pinckney ...
We found seven communities that are also named Pinckney.
Within Missouri, the name Pinckney is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crittenden County
- This Pinckney is located in Crittenden County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the south of the Pinckney that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Pinckney.
- Michigan
- Livingston County
- This Pinckney is located in Livingston County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pinckney that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Pinckney.
- New York
- Lewis 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 New York community of Pinckney [Lewis County].
- Oregon
- Polk County
- This Pinckney is located in Polk County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pinckney that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Pinckney.
- South Carolina
- Union County
- This Pinckney is located in Union County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pinckney that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Pinckney.
- Texas
- Polk 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 Texas community of Pinckney [Polk County].
- Virginia
- Highland 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 Virginia community of Pinckney [Highland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinckney ...
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.
- Case
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Case is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Gore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Little Berger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Berger is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Berger
- Lyon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lyon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Marthasville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peers is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peers
- Senate Grove ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Senate Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senate Grove
How Far From Pinckney 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 Pinckney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinckney and extending to:
- Warrenton, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pinckney to Warrenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 763 miles [1,227.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Pinckney) 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 Pinckney 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 Pinckney 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 Pinckney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6787, Longitude: -91.2329 In this case, the coordinates for Pinckney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.549 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.126 degrees. |
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