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 Mountain:
36.948702, -83.182117
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 Mountain
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 Harlan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Pine Mountain.
Within Kentucky, the name Pine Mountain is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Blount County
This Pine Mountain is located in Blount County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Mountain that is located in Harlan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Pine Mountain.
Arkansas
Van Buren 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 Arkansas community of Pine Mountain [Van Buren County].
Georgia
DeKalb County
This Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Mountain that is located in Harlan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pine Mountain.
Harris County
This Pine Mountain is located in Harris County and lies 297 miles [478 km] to the south southwest of the Pine Mountain that is located in Harlan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Pine Mountain.
Rabun County
This Pine Mountain is located in Rabun County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the south of the Pine Mountain that is located in Harlan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rabun County community of Pine Mountain.
Tennessee
Campbell 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 Tennessee community of Pine Mountain [Campbell County].
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Pine Mountain is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Mountain that is located in Harlan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pine Mountain.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Mountain ...
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.
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 Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Mountain and extending to:
Harlan, which is the Seat of Harlan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Mountain to Harlan, with an average speed<3> 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.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Mountain) 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 Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Mountain 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 Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9487, Longitude: -83.1821 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.61 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.394 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.951 degrees.