Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pinewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinewood
- 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 Pinewood:
- 30.963525, -93.282108
- 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 Pinewood
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Vernon Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
- Since Pinewood is near Beauregard Parish and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Beauregard Parish
- eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Pinewood ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Pinewood.
Within Louisiana, the name Pinewood is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Pinewood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pinewood.
- Miami-Dade County
- This Pinewood is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km] to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Pinewood.
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Pinewood is located in Columbia County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Pinewood.
- Muscogee County
- This Pinewood is located in Muscogee County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Pinewood.
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Caldwell County
- This Pinewood is located in Caldwell County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Pinewood.
- Wayne County
- This Pinewood is located in Wayne County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km] to the east northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pinewood.
- Ontario
- This Pinewood lies 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Pinewood is located in Beaufort County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the east of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Pinewood.
- Clarendon 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 South Carolina community of Pinewood [Clarendon County].
- Horry County
- This Pinewood is located in Horry County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km] to the east northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Pinewood.
- Richland County
- This Pinewood is located in Richland County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km] to the east northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Pinewood.
- Sumter County
- This Pinewood is located in Sumter County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the east northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Pinewood.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinewood ...
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.
- Billy Goat Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Billy Goat Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
- Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Bon Ami
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Coopers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Dixie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Ikes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Knight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Rosepine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosepine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosepine
- Rosepine is located in Vernon Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,540 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosepine <4>
- Sandy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Sandy Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Savage Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savage Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
- Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish
How Far From Pinewood 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 Pinewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinewood and extending to:
- Leesville, which is the Seat of Vernon Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pinewood to Leesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,661 miles [12,329.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pinewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9635, Longitude: -93.2821 In this case, the coordinates for Pinewood 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 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 Pinewood 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 parish. 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 Pinewood 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 317.425 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.302 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.361 degrees. |