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 Pineville:
35.085299, -80.888487
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.
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 22 communities that share the name Pineville.
Within North Carolina, the name Pineville is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Monroe County
This Pineville is located in Monroe County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Pineville.
Arkansas
Izard County
This Pineville is located in Izard County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Pineville.
Connecticut
Windham County
This Pineville is located in Windham County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Pineville.
Florida
Escambia County
This Pineville is located in Escambia County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Pineville.
Georgia
Marion County
This Pineville is located in Marion County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pineville.
Kentucky
Bell County
This Pineville is located in Bell County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Pineville.
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This Pineville is located in Rapides Parish and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Pineville.
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Pineville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Pineville.
Mississippi
Harrison 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 Mississippi community of Pineville [Harrison County].
Smith County
This Pineville is located in Smith County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Pineville.
Missouri
McDonald County
This Pineville is located in McDonald County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonald County community of Pineville.
New Brunswick
This Pineville lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
New York
Oswego County
This Pineville is located in Oswego County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Pineville.
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
This Pineville is located in Bucks County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Pineville.
Warren County
This Pineville is located in Warren County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the north of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pineville.
South Carolina
Berkeley County
This Pineville is located in Berkeley County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Pineville.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Pineville is located in Hamblen County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Pineville.
Hamilton County
This Pineville is located in Hamilton County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km] to the west of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Pineville.
Virginia
Rockingham County
This Pineville is located in Rockingham County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Pineville.
Suffolk City
This Pineville is located in Suffolk City and lies 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east northeast of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Pineville.
West Virginia
Wyoming County
This Pineville is located in Wyoming County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the north of the Pineville that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Pineville.
Wisconsin
Polk 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 Wisconsin community of Pineville [Polk County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineville ...
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.
Barberville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barberville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 town such as Pineville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pineville and extending to:
Charlotte, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pineville 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 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 from Point A (ie- Pineville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pineville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0853, Longitude: -80.8885
<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 Pineville 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Pineville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.248 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.562 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.563 degrees.