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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 Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Bluff and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bluff:
    • 43.060829, -89.655678
    • 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 Pine Bluff
  • 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 Pine Bluff ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Pine Bluff.

Within Wisconsin, the name Pine Bluff is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Jefferson County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pine Bluff.
    • California
      • Sacramento 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 California community of Pine Bluff [Sacramento County].
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns County
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Saint Johns County and lies 997 miles [1,604.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Pine Bluff.
      • Santa Rosa County
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the south of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of Pine Bluff.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Pine Bluff.
    • Mississippi
      • Carroll County
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Carroll County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the south of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Pine Bluff.
      • Newton County
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Newton County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km] to the south of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Pine Bluff.
      • Wayne 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 Mississippi community of Pine Bluff [Wayne County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Tennessee
      • Warren 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 Tennessee community of Pine Bluff [Warren County].
    • Texas
      • Red River County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Red River County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Pine Bluff.
    • Virginia
      • Salem City
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Salem City and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Pine Bluff.
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This Pine Bluff is located in Harrison County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine Bluff that is located in Dane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Pine Bluff.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Bluff ...

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.

  • Black Earth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
    • Black Earth is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
  • Blue Mounds
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
    • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
  • Cross Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
    • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Dane County
  • Little Norway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Norway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Norway
    • Little Norway is located in Dane County
  • Lutheran Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lutheran Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Hill
    • Lutheran Hill is located in Dane County
  • Martinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Martinsville is located in Dane County
  • Mount Horeb
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Horeb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
    • Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
  • Pheasant Branch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
    • Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
  • Pilgrim Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilgrim Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
    • Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
  • Vermont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
    • Vermont is located in Dane County

How Far From Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Bluff and extending to:

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Bluff to Madison, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Bluff. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Bluff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0608, Longitude: -89.6557       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Bluff 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bluff 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>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 Bluff, 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 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 Bluff to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.79 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.042 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.249 degrees.




 

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