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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinewood
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pinewood ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Pinewood.
Within Minnesota, the name Pinewood is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout 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
- Colorado
- Delaware
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Texas
- Vermont
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.
- Clearbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Clearbrook is located in Clearwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearbrook <4>
- Coffee Pot Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffee Pot Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Pot Landing
- Coffee Pot Landing is located in Clearwater County
- Island Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Island Lake is located in Beltrami County
- Leonard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Leonard is located in Clearwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonard <4>
- Little Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Little Rock is located in Beltrami County
- Minerva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Minerva is located in Clearwater County
- Red Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
- Red Lake is located in Beltrami County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Lake <4>
- Scribner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Turtle River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle River
- Turtle River is located in Beltrami County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Woodland Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Woodland Park is located in Beltrami County
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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Beltrami County: www.co.beltrami.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
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- Pinewood) to Point B.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 |
| <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 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 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> | 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'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 Pinewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.621 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.013 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.981 degrees. |