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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 Pineburr, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pineburr 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 Pineburr:
- 35.855408, -81.603986
- 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 Pineburr
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Pineburr is near Burke County and also Avery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avery 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 Pineburr
Communities Also Named Pineburr ...
We found one communities that are also named Pineburr.
Within North Carolina, the name Pineburr is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Pineburr in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tallapoosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pineburr [Tallapoosa County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineburr ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Copenhagen is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Gamewell
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
- Gamewell Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gamewell Heights is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell Heights
- Hartland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Honey Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Hill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
- Lovelady ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lovelady is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady
- Smokey Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smokey Creek is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Creek
How Far From Pineburr 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 Pineburr to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pineburr and extending to:
- Lenoir, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pineburr to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pineburr 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pineburr) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pineburr 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 Pineburr. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8554, Longitude: -81.6040 In this case, the coordinates for Pineburr have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.666 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.153 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.62 degrees. |
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