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 Village:
34.289043, -79.863952
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 Village
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 Darlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Pine Village.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Pine Village.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Kershaw County
This Pine Village is located in Kershaw County and lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Village that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Pine Village.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Warren County
This Pine Village is located in Warren County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Village that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pine Village.
Louisiana
Orleans Parish
This Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Village that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Pine Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Village ...
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, Almanacs & Directories 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 Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Village and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Pine Village to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,794 miles [7,715.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Village) 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 Village 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 Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2890, Longitude: -79.8640 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.662 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.775 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.408 degrees.