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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 Ridge:
35.284031, -80.675346
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.
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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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 45 communities that are also named Pine Ridge.
There are four communities within North Carolina that are also named Pine Ridge.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 41 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 42 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Edgecombe County
This Pine Ridge is located in Edgecombe County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Pine Ridge.
Franklin County
This Pine Ridge is located in Franklin County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Pine Ridge.
Surry County
This Pine Ridge is located in Surry County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Pine Ridge.
Washington County
This Pine Ridge is located in Washington County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Ridge.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
DeKalb County
This Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pine Ridge.
Arkansas
Montgomery County
This Pine Ridge is located in Montgomery County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pine Ridge.
Colorado
Denver County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pine Ridge [Denver County].
La Plata County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pine Ridge [La Plata County].
Delaware
Kent County
This Pine Ridge is located in Kent County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Pine Ridge.
Florida
Citrus County
This Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Pine Ridge.
Collier County
This Pine Ridge is located in Collier County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the south of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collier County community of Pine Ridge.
Hillsborough County
This Pine Ridge is located in Hillsborough County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km] to the south of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pine Ridge.
Georgia
Glynn County
This Pine Ridge is located in Glynn County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Pine Ridge.
Jones County
This Pine Ridge is located in Jones County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Pine Ridge.
Oconee County
This Pine Ridge is located in Oconee County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Pine Ridge.
Idaho
Adams County
This Pine Ridge is located in Adams County and lies 1,981 miles [3,188.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Pine Ridge.
Indiana
Vigo County
This Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Pine Ridge.
Kentucky
Clark County
This Pine Ridge is located in Clark County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Pine Ridge.
Wolfe County
This Pine Ridge is located in Wolfe County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of Pine Ridge.
Louisiana
Winn Parish
This Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Pine Ridge.
Manitoba
This Pine Ridge lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Pine Ridge is located in Baltimore County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Pine Ridge.
Michigan
Antrim County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pine Ridge [Antrim County].
Delta County
This Pine Ridge is located in Delta County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Pine Ridge.
Saint Joseph County
This Pine Ridge is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km] to the north northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Pine Ridge.
Mississippi
Adams County
This Pine Ridge is located in Adams County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Pine Ridge.
Clarke County
This Pine Ridge is located in Clarke County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Pine Ridge.
Lamar County
This Pine Ridge is located in Lamar County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Pine Ridge.
Missouri
Christian County
This Pine Ridge is located in Christian County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Pine Ridge.
Nebraska
Dawes County
This Pine Ridge is located in Dawes County and lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawes County community of Pine Ridge.
New Brunswick
This Pine Ridge lies 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
New York
Albany County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pine Ridge [Albany County].
Oklahoma
Caddo County
This Pine Ridge is located in Caddo County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Pine Ridge.
Ontario
This Pine Ridge lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
Oregon
Klamath County
This Pine Ridge is located in Klamath County and lies 2,245 miles [3,613 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Pine Ridge.
Pennsylvania
Bedford County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pine Ridge [Bedford County].
Delaware County
This Pine Ridge is located in Delaware County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Pine Ridge.
South Carolina
Darlington County
This Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Pine Ridge.
South Dakota
Oglala Lakota County
This Pine Ridge is located in Oglala Lakota County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oglala Lakota County community of Pine Ridge.
Tennessee
Jefferson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pine Ridge [Jefferson County].
Polk County
This Pine Ridge is located in Polk County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Pine Ridge.
Washington County
This Pine Ridge is located in Washington County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Ridge.
Texas
Hardin County
This Pine Ridge is located in Hardin County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Pine Ridge.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Pine Ridge is located in Fairfax County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Pine Ridge.
Pittsylvania County
This Pine Ridge is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the north northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Pine Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Ridge ...
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 Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Ridge and extending to:
Charlotte, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Ridge to Charlotte, with an average speed<4> 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.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 319 miles [513.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Pine Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Pine Ridge could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Ridge 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 Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2840, Longitude: -80.6753 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.125 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.45 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.421 degrees.