 Pinakates is on the southwestern slopes of the Pelion mountain range.It is 3 km west of Milies, 3 km east of Agios Georgios Nileias, 3 km north of Kala Nera (on the Pagasetic Gulf coast) and 15 km east of Volos.The village of Pinakates is first mentioned in the "Modern Geography of Greece" ("Γεωγραφία Νεωτερική περί της Ελλάδο" = "Geografia Neoteriki peri tis Ellados") by Daniil Filippidis and Grigoriou Konstantas (Vienna 1791).