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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 Knott Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Knott Forest and the surrounding area.
- 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 Knott Forest:
- 34.891784, -82.360953
- 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 Pine Knott Forest
- 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Since Pine Knott Forest is near Pickens County and also Spartanburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg 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 Pine Knott Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Knott Forest ...
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.
- Cherokee Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Forest View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest View is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
- Green Fields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Fields is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Fields
- Green Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
- Green Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Hermitage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
- Hillandale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillandale is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Kingsgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Liberty Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Nursery ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nursery is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
- Paris
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Paris is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Pebble Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pebble Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Piney Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Shady Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
- Spring Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
- Stone Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Timberlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- University Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- University Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Willow Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willow Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights
How Far From Pine Knott Forest 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 Pine Knott Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pine Knott Forest and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Knott Forest to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Knott Forest) 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 Pine Knott Forest 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 Pine Knott Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8918, Longitude: -82.3610 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Knott Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.10 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.513 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.196 degrees. |
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