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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 Pine Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Mills and the surrounding area.
- 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 Mills:
- 32.741738, -95.289864
- 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 Pine Mills
- 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Pine Mills is near Upshur County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith 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 Pine Mills
Communities Also Named Pine Mills ...
We found one communities that are also named Pine Mills.
Within Texas, the name Pine Mills is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Pine Mills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Muscatine County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Pine Mills [Muscatine County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Mills ...
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.
- Angler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Angler is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angler
- Cartwright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crow is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Hoard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hoard is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoard
- Little Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Hope is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Quitman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Stout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Pine Mills 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 Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pine Mills and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Mills to Quitman, with an average speed<4> 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 223 miles [358.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,659 miles [12,326 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pine Mills 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 Pine Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7417, Longitude: -95.2899 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.938 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.305 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.995 degrees. |
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