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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pleasant Plains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Plains and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pleasant Plains:
    • 34.244335, -78.680849
    • 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 Pleasant Plains
  • 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 Columbus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
    • Since Pleasant Plains is near Brunswick County and also Horry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Pleasant Plains

Communities Also Named Pleasant Plains ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Pleasant Plains.

There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Pleasant Plains.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Hertford County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Hertford County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hertford County community of Pleasant Plains.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Henry 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 Alabama community of Pleasant Plains [Henry County].
      • Houston County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Houston County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Pleasant Plains.
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the west of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Pleasant Plains.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Sangamon County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Pleasant Plains.
    • Kansas
      • Republic 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 Kansas community of Pleasant Plains [Republic County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Pleasant Plains.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Pleasant Plains.
      • Morris County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Morris County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the north northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Pleasant Plains.
      • Ocean County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Ocean County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km] to the north northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Pleasant Plains.
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Pleasant Plains.
      • Richmond County
      • This Pleasant Plains is located in Richmond County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km] to the north northeast of the Pleasant Plains that is located in Columbus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Pleasant Plains.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Plains ...

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.

  • Cribb Town
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
  • Cypress Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Creek is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
  • Halls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Halls is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
  • Hallsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
  • Honey Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Honey Hill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
  • Mark Pine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mark Pine is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Pine
  • Needmore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Needmore is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Old Dock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Dock is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
  • Peacocks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Peacocks is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks
  • Pine Log
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Log is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
  • Potters Curve
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Potters Curve is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Curve
  • Redbug
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Redbug is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
  • Riverview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverview is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview

How Far From Pleasant Plains to ...

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 Pleasant Plains to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Plains and extending to:

  • Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies just to the North.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Plains to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,742 miles [7,631.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Pleasant Plains) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pleasant Plains 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 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.
<4>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 Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2443, Longitude: -78.6808       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.999 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.008 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.982 degrees.