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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinhook
- 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:
- 36.738039, -89.269480
- 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.
- 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Since Pinhook is near New Madrid County and also Hickman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
- eBird sighting report for Hickman 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pinhook ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Pinhook.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Pinhook.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Decatur County
- This Pinhook is located in Decatur County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 297 miles [478 km] to the northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 357 miles [574.5 km] to the north northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 214 miles [344.4 km] to the northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 311 miles [500.5 km] to the northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 460 miles [740.3 km] to the northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 223 miles [358.9 km] to the east of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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 304 miles [489.2 km] to the east of the Pinhook that is located in Mississippi 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.
- Airline Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Acres
- Airline Acres is located in Mississippi County
- Alfalfa Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alfalfa Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa Center
- Alfalfa Center is located in Mississippi County
- Buckeye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Columbus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Henson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Moscow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Never Spur ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Never Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Never Spur
- Never Spur is located in Mississippi County
- Pulltight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Thirtyfour Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Three States
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three States have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three States
- Three States is located in Mississippi County
- Wolf Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
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 village 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:
- Charleston, which is the Seat of Mississippi County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pinhook to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinhook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinhook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinhook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7380, Longitude: -89.2695 In this case, the coordinates for Pinhook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.387 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.706 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.647 degrees. |