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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 Pink, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pink 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 Pink:
- 38.785187, -81.220283
- 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 Pink
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Pink is near Roane County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wirt 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 Pink
Communities Also Named Pink ...
We found seven communities that are also named Pink.
Within West Virginia, the name Pink is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- White County
- This Pink is located in White County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pink that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Pink.
- Kentucky
- Jessamine County
- This Pink is located in Jessamine County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pink that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Pink.
- Mississippi
- Rankin 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 Pink [Rankin County].
- Tunica County
- This Pink is located in Tunica County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pink that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tunica County community of Pink.
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This Pink is located in Scioto County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the west of the Pink that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Pink.
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- This Pink is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pink that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Pink.
- Pennsylvania
- Wayne County
- This Pink is located in Wayne County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pink that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pink.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pink ...
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.
- Adam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adam is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam
- Beech
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clover is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Green Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Leatherbark
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leatherbark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherbark
- Liberty Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Millstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Nancy Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nancy Run is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy Run
- Otto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Otto is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Pink 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 Pink to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pink and extending to:
- Grantsville, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pink to Grantsville, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pink) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pink 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 Pink 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 Pink. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7852, Longitude: -81.2203 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.401 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.28 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.543 degrees. |
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