Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pinewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinewood
- 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 Pinewood:
- 35.915964, -81.567042
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pinewood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Pinewood is near Burke County and also Wilkes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Burke County
- eBird sighting report for Wilkes 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pinewood ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Pinewood.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Pinewood.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Pinewood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the south of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pinewood.
- Miami-Dade County
- This Pinewood is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the south of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Pinewood.
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Pinewood is located in Columbia County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Pinewood.
- Muscogee County
- This Pinewood is located in Muscogee County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km] to the southwest of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Pinewood.
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Ontario
- This Pinewood lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the north of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Pinewood is located in Beaufort County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the south of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Pinewood.
- Clarendon 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 South Carolina community of Pinewood [Clarendon County].
- Horry County
- This Pinewood is located in Horry County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Pinewood.
- Richland County
- This Pinewood is located in Richland County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Pinewood.
- Sumter County
- This Pinewood is located in Sumter County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the south southeast of the Pinewood that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Pinewood.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinewood ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Caldwell County
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copenhagen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Copenhagen is located in Caldwell County
- Gamewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell
- Gamewell is located in Caldwell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
- Gamewell Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gamewell Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell Heights
- Gamewell Heights is located in Caldwell County
- Globe Set ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Happy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Happy Valley is located in Caldwell County
- Heritage Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Heritage Hills is located in Caldwell County
- Honey Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
- Honey Hill is located in Caldwell County
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Caldwell County
- Maple Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
- Maple Valley is located in Caldwell County
- Pineburr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Tranquil Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tranquil Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquil Hill
- Tranquil Hill is located in Caldwell County
- Warrior
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Pinewood to ...
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 Pinewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinewood and extending to:
- Lenoir, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the East.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pinewood 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 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 322 miles [518.2 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 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 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>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Caldwell County: www.co.caldwell.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pinewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9160, Longitude: -81.5670 In this case, the coordinates for Pinewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Pinewood 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 Pinewood 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 310.644 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.137 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.587 degrees. |