Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tinney Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tinney Grove and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tinney Grove

• 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 Tinney Grove:
  • 39.504181, -93.804380
  • 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 Tinney Grove

• 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 Ray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
  • Since Tinney Grove is near Caldwell County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Tinney Grove

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tinney Grove ...

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.

• Black Oak
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Oak is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
• Cowgill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
• Easterville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Easterville is located in Caldwell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterville
• Georgeville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Georgeville is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
• Judd
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Judd is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
• Plymouth
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Plymouth is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
• Quote
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Quote is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quote
• Regal
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Regal is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
• Roads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Roads is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads

How Far From Tinney Grove to ...

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 Tinney Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tinney Grove and extending to:

• Richmond, which is the Seat of Ray County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tinney Grove to Richmond, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 896 miles [1,442 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'