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 Piney Woods:
34.209892, -77.871929
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 Piney Woods
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 New Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Piney Woods.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Piney Woods.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Transylvania County
This Piney Woods is located in Transylvania County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Piney Woods that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Piney Woods.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cleburne County
This Piney Woods is located in Cleburne County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the west of the Piney Woods that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Piney Woods.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Piney Woods is located in Hillsborough County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Piney Woods that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Piney Woods.
Georgia
Haralson County
This Piney Woods is located in Haralson County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the west of the Piney Woods that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Piney Woods.
Michigan
Clare County
This Piney Woods is located in Clare County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Piney Woods that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clare County community of Piney Woods.
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Piney Woods is located in Rankin County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the west of the Piney Woods that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Piney Woods.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Piney Woods is located in Hamilton County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west of the Piney Woods that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Piney Woods.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney Woods ...
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 Piney Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Piney Woods and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Piney Woods to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,706 miles [7,573.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Piney Woods) 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 Piney Woods 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 Piney Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2099, Longitude: -77.8719 In this case, the coordinates for Piney Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.551 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.489 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.696 degrees.