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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 Hinkle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hinkle 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 Hinkle:
- 35.407854, -88.300317
- 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 Hinkle
- 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Hinkle is near Henderson County and also Decatur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Decatur 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 Hinkle
Communities Also Named Hinkle ...
We found five communities that are also named Hinkle.
Within Tennessee, the name Hinkle is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Johnson County
- This Hinkle is located in Johnson County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west of the Hinkle that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hinkle.
- Kentucky
- Knox County
- This Hinkle is located in Knox County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hinkle that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Hinkle.
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- This Hinkle is located in Bossier Parish and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hinkle that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Hinkle.
- Mississippi
- Alcorn 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 Mississippi community of Hinkle [Alcorn County].
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- This Hinkle is located in Umatilla County and lies 1,762 miles [2,835.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hinkle that is located in Hardin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Hinkle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hinkle ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Farmers Union Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Five Forks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Hickory Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Flats is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flats
- Hookers Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hookers Bend is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookers Bend
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lick Skillet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lick Skillet is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Skillet
- Mud Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Creek is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Creek
- Nelsons Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nelsons Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Point Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Point Pleasant is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Red Walnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Walnut is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Walnut
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Stringtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stringtown is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Unity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From Hinkle 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 Hinkle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hinkle and extending to:
- Savannah, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hinkle to Savannah, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,242 miles [11,654.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,117 miles [8,235 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hinkle) 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 Hinkle 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 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hinkle 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 Hinkle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4079, Longitude: -88.3003 In this case, the coordinates for Hinkle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.705 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.737 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.513 degrees. |
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