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 Level:
35.510173, -78.244900
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 Level
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 Johnston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Pine Level.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Pine Level.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Columbus County
This Pine Level is located in Columbus County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Level that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Pine Level.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Autauga County
This Pine Level is located in Autauga County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Level that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Pine Level.
Coffee County
This Pine Level is located in Coffee County and lies 535 miles [861 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Level that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Pine Level.
Montgomery County
This Pine Level is located in Montgomery County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Level that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pine Level.
Florida
DeSoto County
This Pine Level is located in DeSoto County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Level that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Pine Level.
Hillsborough County
This Pine Level is located in Hillsborough County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km] to the south southwest of the Pine Level that is located in Johnston County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pine Level.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Level ...
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 & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Pine Level to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Level and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Pine Level to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,787 miles [10,922.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Level) 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 Pine Level 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 Level. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5102, Longitude: -78.2449
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.734 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.89 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.411 degrees.