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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 Pinhook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinhook 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 Pinhook:
- 40.302217, -94.330512
- 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 Pinhook
- 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 Gentry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gentry County
- Since Pinhook is near Worth County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Pinhook
Communities Also Named Pinhook ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Pinhook.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Pinhook.
Beyond Missouri, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Mississippi County
- This Pinhook is located in Mississippi County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Pinhook.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- This Pinhook is located in Lawrence County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pinhook.
- Florida
- Jefferson 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 Florida community of Pinhook [Jefferson County].
- Illinois
- Fayette County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pinhook [Fayette County].
- Indiana
- Decatur County
- This Pinhook is located in Decatur County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the east of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Pinhook.
- Franklin County
- This Pinhook is located in Franklin County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km] to the east of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Pinhook.
- LaPorte County
- This Pinhook is located in LaPorte County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km] to the east northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Pinhook.
- Lawrence County
- This Pinhook is located in Lawrence County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km] to the east southeast of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pinhook.
- Wayne County
- This Pinhook is located in Wayne County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the east of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pinhook.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- This Pinhook is located in Clermont County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the east of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Pinhook.
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pinhook [Franklin County].
- Richland County
- This Pinhook is located in Richland County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the east of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Pinhook.
- Tennessee
- DeKalb County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pinhook [DeKalb County].
- Marion County
- This Pinhook is located in Marion County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pinhook.
- Putnam County
- This Pinhook is located in Putnam County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the east southeast of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Pinhook.
- Union County
- This Pinhook is located in Union County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the east southeast of the Pinhook that is located in Gentry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Pinhook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinhook ...
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.
- Bethany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ford City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Island City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Lone Star
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Prohibition City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Voyage ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Voyage is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voyage
- Wildwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Worth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
How Far From Pinhook 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 Pinhook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinhook and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Gentry County, lies just to the South.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pinhook to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,248 miles [11,664.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Pinhook) 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 Pinhook 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> | 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 Pinhook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pinhook 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 Pinhook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3022, Longitude: -94.3305 In this case, the coordinates for Pinhook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.925 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.264 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.298 degrees. |
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