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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 Green Pines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Pines 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 Green Pines:
- 36.180326, -79.130356
- 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 Green Pines
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Green Pines is near Caswell County and also Person County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Person 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 Green Pines
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Pines ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Arrowhead is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Berryland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berryland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
- Cascades
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cascades is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascades
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Charter Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deer Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Just-A-Mere Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Larry Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Laws
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Laws is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Orange Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orange Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Heights
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rosewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Springcrest Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stagecoach Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stagecoach Forest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach Forest
- Sunset Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
How Far From Green Pines to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Green Pines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Green Pines and extending to:
- Hillsborough, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Green Pines to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Green Pines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Green Pines 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 Green Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1803, Longitude: -79.1304 In this case, the coordinates for Green Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.224 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.55 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.534 degrees. |
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