Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pine Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pine Springs
- 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 Pine Springs:
- 33.942884, -88.152257
- 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 Pine Springs
- 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 Lamar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Since Pine Springs is near Monroe County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Pine Springs ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Pine Springs.
Within Alabama, the name Pine Springs is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Apache County
- This Pine Springs is located in Apache County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Pine Springs.
- Kentucky
- Grayson County
- This Pine Springs is located in Grayson County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Pine Springs.
- Rowan 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 Kentucky community of Pine Springs [Rowan County].
- Minnesota
- Washington County
- This Pine Springs is located in Washington County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Springs.
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- This Pine Springs is located in Lauderdale County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Pine Springs.
- New Mexico
- Torrance County
- This Pine Springs is located in Torrance County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Torrance County community of Pine Springs.
- Oklahoma
- Atoka 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 Oklahoma community of Pine Springs [Atoka County].
- Ontario
- This Pine Springs lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Pine Springs is located in Knox County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Pine Springs.
- Texas
- Bowie County
- This Pine Springs is located in Bowie County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Pine Springs.
- Culberson County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pine Springs [Culberson County].
- Smith County
- This Pine Springs is located in Smith County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Springs that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Pine Springs.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Springs ...
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.
- Ales ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Blooming Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Blooming Grove is located in Lamar County
- Buttahatchie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttahatchie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttahatchie
- Buttahatchie is located in Monroe County (MS)
- Crews
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Hays Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Henson Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henson Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson Springs
- Henson Springs is located in Lamar County
- Mormon Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mormon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Springs
- Mormon Springs is located in Monroe County (MS)
- Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pikeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Wise Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Pine Springs 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 Pine Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Springs and extending to:
- Vernon, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Springs to Vernon, 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.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 705 miles [1,134.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,176 miles [8,330 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9429, Longitude: -88.1523 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Pine Springs 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> | 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 Pine Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Pine Springs 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 314.524 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.326 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.758 degrees. |