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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 Pine Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Acres 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 Acres:
    • 33.890992, -80.313691
    • 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 Acres
  • 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 Acres ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Pine Acres.

There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Pine Acres.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Anderson County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Anderson County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Pine Acres.
    • Darlington County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Darlington County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Pine Acres.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Blount County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Pine Acres.
      • Marshall County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Marshall County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km] to the west of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Pine Acres.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Montgomery County and lies 366 miles [589 km] to the west southwest of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pine Acres.
    • California
      • Amador County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Amador County and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amador County community of Pine Acres.
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu Parish
      • This Pine Acres is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Pine Acres.
    • Mississippi
      • Clay County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Clay County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pine Acres.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester 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 New Jersey community of Pine Acres [Gloucester County].
      • Ocean County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Ocean County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Pine Acres.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Dauphin County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Pine Acres.
    • Virginia
      • Clarke County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Clarke County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Pine Acres.
      • Portsmouth City
      • This Pine Acres is located in Portsmouth City and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the northeast of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Pine Acres.
      • Roanoke County
      • This Pine Acres is located in Roanoke County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the north of the Pine Acres that is located in Sumter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Pine Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Acres ...

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.

  • Burns Down
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burns Down have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Down
    • Burns Down is located in Sumter County
  • Edgewater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
    • Edgewater is located in Sumter County
  • Flowers Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowers Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Heights
    • Flowers Heights is located in Sumter County
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Sumter County
  • Greenwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Sumter County
  • Iris Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iris Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris Heights
    • Iris Heights is located in Sumter County
  • Kingman Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingman Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman Heights
    • Kingman Heights is located in Sumter County
  • Mulberry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Mulberry is located in Sumter County
  • Rainbow Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
    • Rainbow Falls is located in Sumter County
  • Richwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
    • Richwood is located in Sumter County
  • Shady Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Grove is located in Sumter County
  • Summer View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer View
    • Summer View is located in Sumter County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Tiller Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiller Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiller Circle
      • Tiller Circle is located in Sumter County
    • Twin Lakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
      • Twin Lakes is located in Sumter County
    • Walnut Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
      • Walnut Hills is located in Sumter County
    • Winter Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
      • Winter Park is located in Sumter County

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

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

  • Sumter, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Pine Acres to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,256 miles [10,068.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Sumter County: www.sumtercountysc.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Pine Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8910, Longitude: -80.3137       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Acres 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 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 Acres 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 Pine Acres 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 309.914 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.006 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.693 degrees.




 

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