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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 Pinkney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinkney 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 Pinkney:
    • 35.157025, -87.543633
    • 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 Pinkney
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Pinkney is near Wayne County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Pinkney

Communities Also Named Pinkney ...

We found three communities that are also named Pinkney.

Within Tennessee, the name Pinkney is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Gaston 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 North Carolina community of Pinkney [Gaston County].
      • Wayne County
      • This Pinkney is located in Wayne County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<2> to the east of the Pinkney that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pinkney.
    • South Carolina
      • Union 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 South Carolina community of Pinkney [Union County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinkney ...

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.

  • Clack Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clack Branch is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack Branch
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Corning is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
  • Crewstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Crewstown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewstown
  • Geneva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Geneva is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Holly Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly Creek is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
  • Knob Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
  • Long Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Long Branch is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Moon ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moon is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
  • Pea Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Spring Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Creek is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Star ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Star is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star

How Far From Pinkney 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 community such as Pinkney to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinkney and extending to:

  • Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pinkney to Lawrenceburg, 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Pinkney 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 '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- Pinkney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pinkney 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 Pinkney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1570, Longitude: -87.5436       In this case, the coordinates for Pinkney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.222 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.144 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.246 degrees.