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 Pineview Estates:
35.819876, -78.336943
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 Pineview Estates
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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Pineview Estates.
Within North Carolina, the name Pineview Estates is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Mississippi
Lowndes County
This Pineview Estates is located in Lowndes County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pineview Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Pineview Estates.
Ohio
Montgomery County
This Pineview Estates is located in Montgomery County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pineview Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pineview Estates.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This Pineview Estates is located in Montgomery County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pineview Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pineview Estates.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Pineview Estates is located in Aiken County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pineview Estates that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Pineview Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineview Estates ...
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 Pineview Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pineview Estates and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pineview Estates to Raleigh, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,085 miles [9,792.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,780 miles [10,911.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Pineview Estates) 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 Pineview Estates 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 Pineview Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8199, Longitude: -78.3369 In this case, the coordinates for Pineview Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.779 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.987 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.344 degrees.