Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lone Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lone Pine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lone Pine
- 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 Lone Pine:
- 31.181849, -95.483557
- 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 Lone Pine
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Lone Pine is near Trinity County and also Walker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- eBird sighting report for Walker 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 Lone Pine ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Lone Pine.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Lone Pine.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Anderson County
- Upshur County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Lone Pine lies 1,870 miles [3,009.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- Arkansas
- Cleburne County
- This Lone Pine is located in Cleburne County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Lone Pine.
- Johnson County
- This Lone Pine is located in Johnson County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km] to the north northeast of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Lone Pine.
- Lee County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Lee County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Lone Pine.
- Searcy County
- This Lone Pine is located in Searcy County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km] to the north northeast of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Searcy County community of Lone Pine.
- Yell County
- This Lone Pine is located in Yell County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km] to the north northeast of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Lone Pine.
- California
- Florida
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- This Lone Pine is located in Cameron Parish and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron Parish community of Lone Pine.
- Evangeline Parish
- This Lone Pine is located in Evangeline Parish and lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the east of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evangeline Parish community of Lone Pine.
- Mississippi
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Lone Pine lies 1,231 miles [1,981.1 km]<2> to the north of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
- Washington
- Okanogan County
- This Lone Pine is located in Okanogan County and lies 1,692 miles [2,723 km]<2> to the northwest of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okanogan County community of Lone Pine.
- Whitman County
- This Lone Pine is located in Whitman County and lies 1,593 miles [2,563.7 km] to the northwest of the Lone Pine that is located in Houston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Lone Pine.
- Wisconsin
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lone Pine ...
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.
- Cooper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Crockett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Crockett is located in Houston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crockett <5>
- Cut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Holly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Lovelady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelady have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady
- Lovelady is located in Houston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelady <5>
- Porter Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Porter Springs is located in Houston County
- Red Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
- Red Branch is located in Trinity County
- Shady Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Houston County
How Far From Lone Pine 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 Lone Pine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lone Pine and extending to:
- Crockett, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Lone Pine to Crockett, 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,744 miles [12,462.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,620 miles [9,044.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lone Pine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lone Pine 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. |
| <2> | 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- Lone Pine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lone Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1818, Longitude: -95.4836 In this case, the coordinates for Lone Pine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lone Pine, 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 Lone Pine 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 318.865 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.019 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.26 degrees. |