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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 Wood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Wood 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 Wood Park:
- 44.161128, -83.568032
- 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 Wood 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 Arenac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arenac County
- Since Pine Wood Park is near Iosco County and also Ogemaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iosco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogemaw 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 Wood Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Wood 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.
- Alabaster
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Alabaster is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
- Cedar Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cedar Haven is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Haven
- Hemlock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Meadow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- National City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Lake is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lake
- Turtle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Turtle is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle
- Twining
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Twining is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
How Far From Pine Wood 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 Wood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pine Wood Park and extending to:
- Standish, which is the Seat of Arenac County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Wood Park to Standish, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 495 miles [796.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pine Wood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wood 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 Wood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1611, Longitude: -83.5680 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Wood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.676 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.534 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.783 degrees. |
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