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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 Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Run 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 Run:
- 43.177804, -83.714127
- 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 Run
- 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Since Pine Run is near Saginaw County and also Tuscola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola 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 Run
Communities Also Named Pine Run ...
We found four communities that are also named Pine Run.
Within Michigan, the name Pine Run is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- This Pine Run is located in Mobile County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Run that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Pine Run.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Pine Run is located in Bucks County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine Run that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Pine Run.
- Lycoming County
- This Pine Run is located in Lycoming County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east southeast of the Pine Run that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Pine Run.
- McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Pine Run [McKean County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Run ...
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.
- Birch Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt
- Denmark Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Denmark Junction is located in Tuscola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark Junction
- Elba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Flint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flushing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Juddville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Juddville is located in Shiawassee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville
- Otter Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Richville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
How Far From Pine Run to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Run and extending to:
- Flint, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Run to Flint, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,710 miles [10,798.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Run) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Run 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Run 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 Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1778, Longitude: -83.7141 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.821 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.55 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.208 degrees. |
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