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:
- 45.036828, -92.953975
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Pine Springs is near Ramsey County and also Saint Croix County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ramsey County
- eBird sighting report for Saint Croix 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 Minnesota, the name Pine Springs is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, 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 ...
- Alabama
- Lamar County
- This Pine Springs is located in Lamar County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Pine Springs.
- Arizona
- Apache County
- This Pine Springs is located in Apache County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington 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 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington 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].
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- This Pine Springs is located in Lauderdale County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington 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 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington 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 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington County.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Pine Springs is located in Knox County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington 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 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the south of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington 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 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the south of the Pine Springs that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Pine Springs.
- Alabama
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.
- Bald Eagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bald Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle
- Bald Eagle is located in Ramsey County
- Birchwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Gem Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lake Elmo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Elmo
- Lake Elmo is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Elmo <5>
- Landfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Little Canada
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Canada have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Canada
- Little Canada is located in Ramsey County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,335 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Canada <5>
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Maplewood is located in Ramsey County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maplewood <5>
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stillwater <5>
- White Bear Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Bear Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Beach
- White Bear Beach is located in Ramsey County
- White Bear Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bear Lake
- White Bear Lake is located in Ramsey County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Bear Lake <5>
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 city 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:
- Stillwater, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Springs to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 53 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 Washington County: www.co.washington.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
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 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: 45.0368, Longitude: -92.9540 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.076 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.916 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.455 degrees. |