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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 Long Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long 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 Long Pine:
    • 34.824044, -80.225618
    • 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 Long 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 Anson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anson County
    • Since Long Pine is near Chesterfield County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Long Pine

Communities Also Named Long Pine ...

We found two communities that are also named Long Pine.

Within North Carolina, the name Long Pine is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • Brown County
      • This Long Pine is located in Brown County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Pine that is located in Anson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Long Pine.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Long Pine is located in Washington County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the north of the Long Pine that is located in Anson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Long Pine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long 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.

  • Deep Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Creek is located in Anson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Evans Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Evans Mill is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Mill
  • Jones Creek ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jones Creek is located in Anson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
  • Lees Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lees Crossroads is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossroads
  • Littles Quarters
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Littles Quarters is located in Anson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Quarters
  • Maysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Maysville is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Mineral Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Poplar Hill ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Poplar Hill is located in Anson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
  • Ruby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruby is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>

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

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

  • Wadesboro, which is the Seat of Anson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Pine to Wadesboro, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Long Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Long 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 Long Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8240, Longitude: -80.2256       In this case, the coordinates for Long Pine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.867 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.088 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.385 degrees.