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:
- 36.133397, -85.313304
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Pinhook is near Overton County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Overton County
- eBird sighting report for White 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 are three communities within Tennessee that are also named Pinhook.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- DeKalb County
- Marion County
- Union County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Decatur County
- This Pinhook is located in Decatur County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the north of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam 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 233 miles [375 km] to the north of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam 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 384 miles [618 km] to the north of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam 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 193 miles [310.6 km] to the north northwest of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam 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 254 miles [408.8 km] to the north of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pinhook.
- Missouri
- Gentry County
- This Pinhook is located in Gentry County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gentry County community of Pinhook.
- Mississippi County
- This Pinhook is located in Mississippi County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km] to the west northwest of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Pinhook.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- This Pinhook is located in Clermont County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Pinhook.
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<1> 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 351 miles [564.9 km] to the north northeast of the Pinhook that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland 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.
- Cedar Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
- Cedar Spring is located in Putnam County
- Dug Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Mineral Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mineral Springs is located in Overton County
- Mountain Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
- Mountain Meadows is located in Putnam County
- Pleasant Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Putnam County
- Poplar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in Putnam County
- Rays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Rocky Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Putnam County
- Sand Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Sand Springs is located in Putnam County
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Putnam County
- Standingstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standingstone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standingstone
- Standingstone is located in Putnam County
How Far From Pinhook 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 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:
- Cookeville, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pinhook to Cookeville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the west (W). 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 491 miles [790.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,081 miles [11,395.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 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 Putnam County: www.putnamcountytn.gov/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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- 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: 36.1334, Longitude: -85.3133 In this case, the coordinates for Pinhook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 312.892 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.748 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.071 degrees. |