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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 Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Tree 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 Tree:
- 40.636894, -111.619924
- 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 Tree
- 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 Salt Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Pine Tree is near Summit County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah 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 Tree
Communities Also Named Pine Tree ...
We found five communities that are also named Pine Tree.
Within Utah, the name Pine Tree is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Wilson County
- This Pine Tree is located in Wilson County and lies 1,854 miles [2,983.7 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Tree that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Pine Tree.
- Nova Scotia
- This Pine Tree lies 2,457 miles [3,954.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Tree that is located in Salt Lake County.
- South Carolina
- Union County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Pine Tree [Union County].
- Virginia
- Middlesex County
- This Pine Tree is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Tree that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Pine Tree.
- Powhatan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pine Tree [Powhatan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Tree ...
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.
- Burnt Flat
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Burnt Flat is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Flat
- Forest Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Glen is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Forest Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Home is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Lady of the Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lady of the Lake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady of the Lake
- Pine Lodge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Lodge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
- Silver Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
- Solitude
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
How Far From Pine Tree to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Tree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Tree and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Tree to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,827 miles [2,940.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,767 miles [12,499.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Pine Tree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Tree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Pine Tree 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Tree 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 Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6369, Longitude: -111.6199 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.699 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.209 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.619 degrees. |
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