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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 Grove Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Grove Village 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 Grove Village:
    • 33.075675, -86.517758
    • 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 Grove Village
  • 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Since Pine Grove Village is near Coosa County and also Talladega County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega 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 Grove Village

Communities Also Named Pine Grove Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Pine Grove Village.

Within Alabama, the name Pine Grove Village is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Pine Grove Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Pine Grove Village is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Grove Village that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Pine Grove Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Grove Village ...

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.

  • Chancellors Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Chancellors Ferry is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellors Ferry
  • Gold Branch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Branch is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Branch
  • Homestead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Homestead is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Indian Shoals
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Indian Shoals is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Shoals
  • Jumbo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jumbo is located in Chilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
  • Kingdom Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Kingdom Crossroads is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Crossroads
  • Marble Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble Valley is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
  • Nelson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Nelson is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Spring Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Spring Creek is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Springs Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Springs Junction is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs Junction
  • Sulphur Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sulphur Spring is located in Talladega County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
  • Unity
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Unity is located in Coosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
  • Valentine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Valentine is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
  • Wildwood Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Wildwood Shores is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Shores

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

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

  • Columbiana, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Pine Grove Village to Montgomery, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 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 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,144 miles [8,278.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Pine Grove Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Grove Village 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 Grove Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0757, Longitude: -86.5178       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Grove Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.478 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.997 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.277 degrees.