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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 Pine Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Crest and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Crest:
    • 33.371778, -86.986937
    • 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 Pine Crest
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Pine Crest is near Shelby County and also Tuscaloosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa 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 Pine Crest

Communities Also Named Pine Crest ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Pine Crest.

Within Alabama, the name Pine Crest is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • El Paso County
      • This Pine Crest is located in El Paso County and lies 1,071 miles [1,723.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Pine Crest.
    • Florida
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Pine Crest [Orange County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Pine Crest.
      • Harford County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Harford County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Pine Crest.
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Texas County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Pine Crest.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Burlington County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Pine Crest.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Oneida County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Pine Crest.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Beaufort County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Pine Crest.
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Campbell County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Pine Crest.
      • Carter County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Carter County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Pine Crest.
    • Texas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Jefferson County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pine Crest.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pine Crest.
    • Virginia
      • Danville City
      • This Pine Crest is located in Danville City and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Pine Crest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Crest ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloverdale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Flint Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Flint Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
  • Glen Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Glen Hills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hills
  • Hickory Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Hilltop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hilltop is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hopewell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Laceys Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Laceys Chapel is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceys Chapel
  • Loveless Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Loveless Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveless Park
  • Pleasant Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Red Hill Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Hill Heights is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Heights
  • Rice
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Rice is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
  • Rockdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Shady Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Shady Brook is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
  • Skyview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Skyview is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview

How Far From Pine Crest 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 Crest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Crest and extending to:

  • Birmingham, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Crest to Birmingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 672 miles [1,081.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,275 miles [11,708 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,151 miles [8,289.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Crest) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Crest 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 Pine Crest 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 Pine Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3718, Longitude: -86.9869       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.778 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.385 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.402 degrees.