Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Point of Pines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point of Pines and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Point of Pines
- 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 Point of Pines:
- 42.440097, -70.966161
- 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 Point of Pines
- 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 Suffolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since Point of Pines is near Essex County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Essex County
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Point of Pines ...
We found three communities that share the name Point of Pines.
There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Point of Pines.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Point of Pines [Middlesex County].
- Middlesex County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Graham County
- This Point of Pines is located in Graham County and lies 2,183 miles [3,513.2 km]<2> to the west of the Point of Pines that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graham County community of Point of Pines.
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- This Point of Pines is located in Rutland County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Point of Pines that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Point of Pines.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point of Pines ...
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.
- Cottage Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Cottage Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Cottage Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Park
- Cottage Park is located in Suffolk County
- Crescent Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Crescent Beach is located in Suffolk County
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Everett is located in Middlesex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
- Fells
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Little Nahant
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Nahant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Nahant
- Little Nahant is located in Essex County
- Lynn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Pleasant Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Point of Pines 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 Point of Pines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Point of Pines and extending to:
- Boston, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Point of Pines to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,497 miles [8,846.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,080 miles [6,566.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Point of Pines. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Point of Pines 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. |
| <2> | 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- Point of Pines) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point of Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4401, Longitude: -70.9662 In this case, the coordinates for Point of Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Point of Pines to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.907 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.508 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.488 degrees. |