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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 Pinewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinewood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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:
    • 47.598567, -95.12771
    • 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 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Beltrami County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beltrami County
    • Since Pinewood is near Clearwater County and also Hubbard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hubbard 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 Pinewood

Communities Also Named Pinewood ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Pinewood.

Within Minnesota, the name Pinewood is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of twenty communities that are located 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
      • Tulare County
      • This Pinewood is located in Tulare County and lies 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Pinewood.
    • Colorado
      • Larimer 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 Colorado community of Pinewood [Larimer County].
    • Delaware
      • Kent 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 Delaware community of Pinewood [Kent County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Pinewood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • 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 1,705 miles [2,743.9 km] to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • 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 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • 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 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km] to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Pinewood.
    • Louisiana
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Pinewood is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<1> to the south of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Pinewood.
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell County
      • This Pinewood is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • 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 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km] to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pinewood.
    • Ontario
      • This Pinewood lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the east of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Pinewood is located in Bucks County and lies 1,129 miles [1,816.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Pinewood.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Pinewood is located in Beaufort County and lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • 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 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km] to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • 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 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km] to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • 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 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km] to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Pinewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Hickman County
      • This Pinewood is located in Hickman County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Beltrami County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Pinewood.
    • Texas
      • Gregg 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 Texas community of Pinewood [Gregg County].
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden 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 Vermont community of Pinewood [Chittenden County].

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.

How Far From Pinewood 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 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:

  • Bemidji, which is the Seat of Beltrami County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pinewood to Bemidji, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pinewood) 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 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 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 Pinewood 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 Pinewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5986, Longitude: -95.1277    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.621 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.013 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.981 degrees.