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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pine Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Creek 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 Pine Creek:
    • 45.507226, -110.564904
    • 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 Pine Creek
  • 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 Pine Creek ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Pine Creek.

Within Montana, the name Pine Creek is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Pine Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Cobb County and lies 1,588 miles [2,555.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Pine Creek.
    • Idaho
      • Shoshone County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Shoshone County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Pine Creek.
    • Illinois
      • Ogle 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 Illinois community of Pine Creek [Ogle County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Pine Creek lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Pine Creek.
      • Ottawa County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,219 miles [1,961.8 km] to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Pine Creek.
    • Minnesota
      • Houston County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Houston County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Pine Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Laclede 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 Missouri community of Pine Creek [Laclede County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye 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 Nevada community of Pine Creek [Nye County].
    • New York
      • Schuyler County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Schuyler County and lies 1,668 miles [2,684.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Pine Creek.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Baker County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Pine Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Creek [Allegheny County].
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Kershaw County and lies 1,753 miles [2,821.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Pine Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Van Buren County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Pine Creek.
    • Texas
      • Bandera 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 Pine Creek [Bandera County].
    • Virginia
      • Carroll 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 Virginia community of Pine Creek [Carroll County].
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Pine Creek is located in Logan County and lies 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Creek that is located in Park County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Pine Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Trempealeau 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 Wisconsin community of Pine Creek [Trempealeau County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Creek ...

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.

  • Chestnut
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
  • Chicory
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chicory have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicory
    • Chicory is located in Park County
  • Chimney Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimney Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Rock
    • Chimney Rock is located in Park County
  • Contact
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Contact have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
    • Contact is located in Park County
  • Elton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
    • Elton is located in Park County
  • Emigrant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoppers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoppers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers
    • Hoppers is located in Park County
  • Pray
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Woods Place
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
    • Woods Place is located in Park County

How Far From Pine Creek 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 Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Creek and extending to:

  • Livingston, which is the Seat of Park County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Creek to Livingston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,760 miles [2,832.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 100 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Park County: www.parkcounty.org/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5072, Longitude: -110.5649    
<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 Creek 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 Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.241 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.104 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.511 degrees.









 

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