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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 Lake in the Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake in the Pine 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 Lake in the Pine:
    • 35.362919, -80.036164
    • 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 Lake in the Pine
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Lake in the Pine is near Stanly County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stanly County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Lake in the Pine

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake in the Pine ...

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.

  • Blaine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Blaine is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Centurion Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Centurion Park is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Park
  • Eldorado
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
  • Emerald Shores
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Emerald Shores is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Shores
  • Forest Drive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Forest Drive is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Drive
  • Heathwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Heathwood is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Holiday Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Holiday Shores is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
  • Liberty Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Lovejoy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lovejoy is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
  • Palestine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Palestine is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Pee Dee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pee Dee is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Dee
  • Refuge Mission
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Refuge Mission is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge Mission
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • River Haven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • River Haven is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Haven
    • Springhaven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Springhaven is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven
    • Sugarloaf Shores
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sugarloaf Shores is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Shores
    • Woodrun
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodrun is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodrun

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lake in the Pine and extending to:

  • Troy, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the East.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Lake in the Pine to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake in the Pine) 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 Lake in the Pine 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 Lake in the Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3629, Longitude: -80.0362       In this case, the coordinates for Lake in the Pine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.757 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.04 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.148 degrees.