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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 Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Mills 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 Mills:
- 41.469474, -90.870979
- 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 Mills
- 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 Muscatine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muscatine County
- Since Pine Mills is near Scott County and also Rock Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock Island 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 Mills
Communities Also Named Pine Mills ...
We found one communities that are also named Pine Mills.
Within Iowa, the name Pine Mills is unique.
Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Pine Mills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Wood County
- This Pine Mills is located in Wood County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Mills that is located in Muscatine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Pine Mills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Mills ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Illinois City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- New Era
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Era is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Pleasant Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Sweetland Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sweetland Center is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland Center
How Far From Pine Mills 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 Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Pine Mills once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Mills and extending to:
- Muscatine, which is the Seat of Muscatine County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Mills to Muscatine, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 750 miles [1,207 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,319 miles [10,169.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,063 miles [11,366.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,951 miles [7,967.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mills 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 Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4695, Longitude: -90.8710 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.603 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.75 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.292 degrees. |
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