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

When in Pine Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Hill 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 Pine Hill:
    • 39.887196, -78.989640
    • 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 Pine Hill
  • 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 Pine Hill ...

We found 44 communities that share the name Pine Hill.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Pine Hill.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 42 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Armstrong County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Armstrong County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Pine Hill.
    • Schuylkill County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Schuylkill County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Pine Hill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Cullman County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Pine Hill.
      • Lauderdale County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Lauderdale County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Pine Hill.
      • Randolph County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Randolph County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Pine Hill.
      • Wilcox County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km] to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Pine Hill.
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,352 miles [3,785.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Pine Hill.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Fairfield County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Pine Hill.
      • Hartford County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Hartford County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km] to the east northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Pine Hill.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Cherokee County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pine Hill.
      • Grady County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Grady County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the south southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Pine Hill.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the south southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pine Hill.
      • Muscogee County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Muscogee County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Pine Hill.
      • Worth County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Worth County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the south southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Pine Hill.
    • Kentucky
      • Montgomery County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pine Hill.
      • Rockcastle County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Rockcastle County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockcastle County community of Pine Hill.
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pine Hill [Calcasieu Parish].
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Pine Hill is located in York County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Pine Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pine Hill.
    • Michigan
      • Sanilac County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pine Hill [Sanilac County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Lee County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Pine Hill.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Erie County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Pine Hill.
      • Oneida County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Oneida County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km] to the northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Pine Hill.
      • Ulster County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Ulster County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km] to the northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Pine Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Hoke County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pine Hill [Hoke County].
      • Moore County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Moore County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the south of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Pine Hill.
      • Onslow County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Onslow County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km] to the south southeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Pine Hill.
      • Surry County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Surry County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the south southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Pine Hill.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Carroll County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Pine Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Pine Hill lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
    • Quebec
      • This Pine Hill lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Washington County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Orangeburg County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Orangeburg County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Pine Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Bradley County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Pine Hill.
      • Clay County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Clay County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pine Hill.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Hamilton County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km] to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Pine Hill.
      • Henry County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Henry County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Pine Hill.
      • Marion County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Marion County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km] to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pine Hill.
      • Scott County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Scott County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km] to the southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Pine Hill.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pine Hill.
      • Hopkins County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Hopkins County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Pine Hill.
      • Walker County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Walker County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Pine Hill.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,722 miles [2,771.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pine Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Pine Hill is located in Hanover County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine Hill that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Pine Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Hill ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Berlin is located in Somerset County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,931 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <5>
  • Goodtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodtown
    • Goodtown is located in Somerset County
  • Hays Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
    • Hays Mill is located in Somerset County
  • Keystone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Keystone is located in Somerset County
  • Mineral Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
    • Mineral Spring is located in Somerset County
  • Salisbury Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Junction
    • Salisbury Junction is located in Somerset County
  • Sand Patch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Patch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Patch
    • Sand Patch is located in Somerset County
  • Shaft
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaft have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaft
    • Shaft is located in Somerset County
  • Slabtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slabtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
    • Slabtown is located in Somerset County

How Far From Pine Hill 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 Pine Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Somerset, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Hill to Somerset, with an average speed<6> 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.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Somerset County: www.co.somerset.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.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- Pine Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8872, Longitude: -78.9896       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pine Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Pine Hill 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Pine Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.00 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.852 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.18 degrees.









 

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