Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pineora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pineora and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pineora

• 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 Pineora:
  • 32.286864, -81.391500
  • 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 Pineora

• 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 Effingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham County
  • Since Pineora is near Bulloch County and also Bryan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan 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 Pineora

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineora ...

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.

• Birds
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Birds is located in Effingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds
• Coldbrook
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Coldbrook is located in Effingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook
• Ebenezer
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebenezer is located in Effingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Eden
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Eden is located in Effingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
• Egypt
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Egypt is located in Effingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
• Ivanhoe
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Bulloch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
• Mill Stone Landing
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Mill Stone Landing is located in Jasper County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Stone Landing
• Mulberry Grove
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mulberry Grove is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
• Pooler
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pooler is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,022 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pooler <1>
• Spring Branch
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Branch is located in Effingham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch
• Starland Park
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Starland Park is located in Chatham County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starland Park
• Truckers
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Truckers is located in Bulloch County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pineora and extending to:

• Springfield, which is the Seat of Effingham County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Pineora to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 517 miles [832 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,948 miles [7,963 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'