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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 City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine City 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 City:
- 45.825616, -92.970381
- 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 City
- 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 Pine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pine County
- Since Pine City is near Kanabec County and also Chisago County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kanabec County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chisago 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 City
Communities Also Named Pine City ...
We found eight communities that are also named Pine City.
Within Minnesota, the name Pine City is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Monroe County
- This Pine City is located in Monroe County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the south of the Pine City that is located in Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Pine City.
- California
- Mariposa 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 California community of Pine City [Mariposa County].
- Mono County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Mono County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mono County community of Pine City.
- Missouri
- Dunklin County
- This Pine City is located in Dunklin County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine City that is located in Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Pine City.
- New York
- Chemung County
- This Pine City is located in Chemung County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine City that is located in Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Pine City.
- Oregon
- Morrow County
- This Pine City is located in Morrow County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pine City that is located in Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Pine City.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- This Pine City is located in Clarion County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine City that is located in Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Pine City.
- Washington
- Whitman County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Pine City [Whitman County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine City ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Park is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Grass Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Harris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mission Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mission Creek is located in Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Creek
- Randall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randall is located in Burnett County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rush City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rush Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rush Point is located in Chisago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point
How Far From Pine City 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 city such as Pine City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine City and extending to:
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Pine City to Saint Paul, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 940 miles [1,512.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Pine City) 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 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 Pine City 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> | 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 City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Pine City 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 City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8256, Longitude: -92.9704 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.084 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.032 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.249 degrees. |
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