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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 Pineland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pineland 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 Pineland:
    • 33.042842, -79.588274
    • 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 Pineland
  • 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 Charleston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
    • Since Pineland is near Berkeley County and also Georgetown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Georgetown 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 Pineland

Communities Also Named Pineland ...

We found nine communities that are also named Pineland.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Pineland.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Jasper County
      • This Pineland is located in Jasper County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pineland that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Pineland.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta 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 California community of Pineland [Shasta County].
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • This Pineland is located in Lee County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pineland that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Pineland.
      • Taylor 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 Florida community of Pineland [Taylor County].
    • Georgia
      • Echols County
      • This Pineland is located in Echols County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pineland that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Echols County community of Pineland.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Pineland is located in Berks County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pineland that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Pineland.
    • Tennessee
      • Meigs 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 Tennessee community of Pineland [Meigs County].
    • Texas
      • Sabine County
      • This Pineland is located in Sabine County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pineland that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine County community of Pineland.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Pineland is located in Chesterfield County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pineland that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Pineland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineland ...

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.

  • Conifer ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Conifer is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conifer
  • Fort Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Corner is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Corner
  • Halfway Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Halfway Creek is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Creek
  • Honey Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
  • Limerick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Limerick is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
  • Newland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Newland is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
  • Oak Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Corner is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Corner
  • Old Joe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Old Joe is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Joe
  • Pitch Landing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pitch Landing is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitch Landing
  • Pleasant Hill Landing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill Landing is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Landing
  • Ten Mile
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ten Mile is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
  • Turkey Pond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Turkey Pond is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Pond
  • Water Horn Ferry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Water Horn Ferry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Horn Ferry

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

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

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pineland to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pineland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pineland, 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 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 Pineland 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>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 Pineland 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 Pineland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0428, Longitude: -79.5883    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.502 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.411 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.672 degrees.