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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Pinecrest:
35.214394, -80.903826
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 29 communities that are also named Pinecrest.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Pinecrest.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 27 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Davidson County
This Pinecrest is located in Davidson County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Pinecrest.
Rutherford County
This Pinecrest is located in Rutherford County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Pinecrest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Mobile County
This Pinecrest is located in Mobile County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Pinecrest.
Arizona
Graham 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 Arizona community of Pinecrest [Graham County].
Arkansas
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 Arkansas community of Pinecrest [Jefferson County].
California
Nevada County
This Pinecrest is located in Nevada County and lies 2,202 miles [3,543.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Pinecrest.
Tuolumne County
This Pinecrest is located in Tuolumne County and lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km] to the west northwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Pinecrest.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Pinecrest is located in New Castle County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Pinecrest.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Pinecrest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the south of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pinecrest.
Miami-Dade County
This Pinecrest is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the south of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Pinecrest.
Monroe County
This Pinecrest is located in Monroe County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the south of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Pinecrest.
Seminole County
This Pinecrest is located in Seminole County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km] to the south of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Pinecrest.
Georgia
Henry County
This Pinecrest is located in Henry County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Pinecrest.
Illinois
Will 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 Illinois community of Pinecrest [Will County].
Louisiana
Saint Tammany Parish
This Pinecrest is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Pinecrest.
Vernon Parish
This Pinecrest is located in Vernon Parish and lies 768 miles [1,236 km] to the west southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Pinecrest.
Maryland
Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Pinecrest [Prince George's County].
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Pinecrest is located in Worcester County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Pinecrest.
Mississippi
Lee County
This Pinecrest is located in Lee County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the west of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Pinecrest.
Lowndes County
This Pinecrest is located in Lowndes County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the west southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Pinecrest.
Ontario
This Pinecrest lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the north of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
Pennsylvania
Bucks 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 Pinecrest [Bucks County].
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Pinecrest is located in Aiken County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Pinecrest.
Anderson County
This Pinecrest is located in Anderson County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the west southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Pinecrest.
Charleston County
This Pinecrest is located in Charleston County and lies 174 miles [280 km] to the south southeast of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Pinecrest.
Spartanburg County
This Pinecrest is located in Spartanburg County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the west southwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Pinecrest.
Tennessee
Greene County
This Pinecrest is located in Greene County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Pinecrest.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Pinecrest is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,711 miles [2,753.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pinecrest.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Pinecrest is located in Fairfax County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pinecrest that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Pinecrest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinecrest ...
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 community such as Pinecrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinecrest and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Pinecrest to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 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 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pinecrest) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pinecrest 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 Pinecrest 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 Pinecrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2144, Longitude: -80.9038
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.257 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.591 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.531 degrees.