Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hinckley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hinckley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hinckley
- 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 Hinckley:
- 43.312291, -75.121829
- 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 Hinckley
- 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Since Hinckley is near Herkimer County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Hinckley ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Hinckley.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Hinckley.
Beyond New York, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Ohio
- Texas
- Hunt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hinckley [Hunt County].
- Lamar County
- This Hinckley is located in Lamar County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hinckley that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Hinckley.
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinckley ...
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.
- Cold Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Cold Brook is located in Herkimer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Brook <5>
- Fink Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fink Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink Hollow
- Fink Hollow is located in Oneida County
- Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Gravesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Gravesville is located in Herkimer County
- Green Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Oneida County
- Holland Patent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland Patent have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Patent
- Holland Patent is located in Oneida County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holland Patent <5>
- Hurricane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Mapledale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Ohio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Poland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Poland is located in Herkimer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poland <5>
- Prospect
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Prospect is located in Oneida County
- Estimated population in 2015: 289 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <5>
- Russia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Hinckley 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 Hinckley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hinckley and extending to:
- Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hinckley to Utica, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 320 miles [515 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,229 miles [6,805.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hinckley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hinckley 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hinckley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hinckley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3123, Longitude: -75.1218 In this case, the coordinates for Hinckley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hinckley, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Hinckley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.328 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.374 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.983 degrees. |