Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pine Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Acres and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pine Acres
- 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 Acres:
- 32.075702, -86.258854
- 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 Acres
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Pine Acres is near Crenshaw County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Crenshaw County
- eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Acres ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Pine Acres.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Pine Acres.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Blount County
- This Pine Acres is located in Blount County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Pine Acres.
- Marshall County
- This Pine Acres is located in Marshall County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Pine Acres.
- Blount County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Amador County
- This Pine Acres is located in Amador County and lies 1,975 miles [3,178.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amador County community of Pine Acres.
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- This Pine Acres is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Pine Acres.
- Mississippi
- Clay County
- This Pine Acres is located in Clay County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pine Acres.
- New Jersey
- Gloucester 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 New Jersey community of Pine Acres [Gloucester County].
- Ocean County
- This Pine Acres is located in Ocean County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Pine Acres.
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County
- This Pine Acres is located in Dauphin County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Pine Acres.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- This Pine Acres is located in Anderson County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Pine Acres.
- Darlington County
- This Pine Acres is located in Darlington County and lies 389 miles [626 km] to the east northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Pine Acres.
- Sumter County
- This Pine Acres is located in Sumter County and lies 366 miles [589 km] to the east northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Pine Acres.
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Pine Acres is located in Clarke County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Pine Acres.
- Portsmouth City
- This Pine Acres is located in Portsmouth City and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the east northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Pine Acres.
- Roanoke County
- This Pine Acres is located in Roanoke County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km] to the northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Pine Acres.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Acres ...
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.
- Clearview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Dublin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Montgomery County
- Grady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Grady is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grady <4>
- Hobbie Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbie Farm
- Hobbie Farm is located in Montgomery County
- Meadville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Pine Needles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Needles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
- Pine Needles is located in Montgomery County
- Red Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Red Level is located in Montgomery County
- Robinson Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Crossroads
- Robinson Crossroads is located in Montgomery County
- Sellers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Pine Acres 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 Pine Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Acres and extending to:
- Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Acres to Montgomery, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.mc-ala.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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 from Point A (ie- Pine Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0757, Longitude: -86.2589 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Acres 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Acres 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Acres 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 313.258 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.604 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.384 degrees. |