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:
- 35.911454, -87.469737
- 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 Hickman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hickman County
- Since Pinewood is near Dickson County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dickson County
- eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Tennessee, the name Pinewood is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, 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 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman 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 815 miles [1,311.6 km] to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman 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 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman 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 280 miles [450.6 km] to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Pinewood.
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Caldwell County
- This Pinewood is located in Caldwell County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the east of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman 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 536 miles [862.6 km] to the east of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pinewood.
- Ontario
- This Pinewood lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Pinewood is located in Beaufort County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman 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 497 miles [799.8 km] to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman 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 399 miles [642.1 km] to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman 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 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Hickman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Pinewood.
- 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.
- Fewville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Forks of Piney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of Piney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Piney
- Forks of Piney is located in Dickson County
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Hillcrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Lyles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles
- Lyles is located in Hickman County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyles <5>
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in Humphreys County
- Robinsons Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsons Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Chapel
- Robinsons Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Salt Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Spot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Water Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
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:
- Centerville, which is the Seat of Hickman County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Pinewood to Centerville, 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.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 607 miles [976.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,059 miles [8,141.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 Hickman County: www.hickmanco.com/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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 drawn 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: 35.9115, Longitude: -87.4697 In this case, the coordinates for Pinewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Pinewood 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 314.213 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.238 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.044 degrees. |