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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Park and the surrounding area.
- 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 Park:
- 33.204841, -87.515561
- 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 Park
- 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
- Since Pine Park is near Hale County and also Bibb County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb 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 Park
Communities Also Named Pine Park ...
We found seven communities that are also named Pine Park.
Within Alabama, the name Pine Park is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Grady County
- This Pine Park is located in Grady County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pine Park that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Pine Park.
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Pine Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Park that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Pine Park.
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Pine Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Park that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Pine Park.
- York 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 Maine community of Pine Park [York County].
- Michigan
- Grand Traverse 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 Michigan community of Pine Park [Grand Traverse County].
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This Pine Park is located in Rankin County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Park that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Pine Park.
- Montana
- Flathead County
- This Pine Park is located in Flathead County and lies 1,728 miles [2,780.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Park that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flathead County community of Pine Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Park ...
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.
- Box Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Box Springs is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Springs
- Cedar Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cedar Crest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cedar Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedar Knoll is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
- Cherokee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherry Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cherry Dale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Cherrywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherrywood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Coventry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Coventry is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Covey Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Covey Chase is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Chase
- Dearing Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dearing Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearing Place
- Echo Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Echo Hill is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hill
- Elm Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Ridge is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Ridge
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Fairway Drive
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairway Drive is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Drive
- Forest Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Green Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green Grove is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Green Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Guilds Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Guilds Woods is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilds Woods
- Heritage Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Hickory Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hickory Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- High Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- High Forest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
- High Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- High Point is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hillswood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillswood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillswood
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Kennedy Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kennedy Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Park
- Lake Shore
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lake Shore is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Lynn Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lynn Haven is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Haven
- Meadow Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Lawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Riverchase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverchase is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverchase
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Riverwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Rollingwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rollingwood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rosedale Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale Courts is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Courts
- Rosewood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Skyland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Skyland Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland Park
- South Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Springbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springbrook is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- University
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- University Lane is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Lane
- University Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- University Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- Warrior Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Warrior Heights is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Heights
- Woodland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Woodland Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Pines is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Pines
- Woodland Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodland Terrace is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Terrace
How Far From Pine Park 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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Park and extending to:
- Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the West.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Park to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 704 miles [1,133 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,306 miles [11,757.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,182 miles [8,339.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Park) 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 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 Park 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 Park 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2048, Longitude: -87.5156 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.086 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.718 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.648 degrees. |
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