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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 Pinery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinery 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 Pinery:
- 31.892616, -104.817447
- 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 Pinery
- 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 Culberson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Culberson County
- Since Pinery is near Hudspeth County and also Otero County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hudspeth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otero 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 Pinery
Communities Also Named Pinery ...
We found one communities that are also named Pinery.
Within Texas, the name Pinery is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Pinery in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Douglas County
- This Pinery is located in Douglas County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the north of the Pinery that is located in Culberson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Pinery.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinery ...
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.
- Dell City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Springs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Springs is located in Culberson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Queen ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Queen is located in Eddy County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Salt Flat
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Pinery 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 Pinery to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Pinery once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinery and extending to:
- Van Horn, which is the Seat of Culberson County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Pinery to Van Horn, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 433 miles [696.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,317 miles [11,775.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,068 miles [12,984.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,963 miles [9,596.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pinery, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Pinery 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 Pinery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8926, Longitude: -104.8174 In this case, the coordinates for Pinery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.408 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.86 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.48 degrees. |
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