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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 Pinelands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinelands 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 Pinelands:
- 33.727116, -78.955309
- 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 Pinelands
- 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
- Since Pinelands is near Georgetown County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Georgetown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Pinelands
Communities Also Named Pinelands ...
We found one communities that are also named Pinelands.
Within South Carolina, the name Pinelands is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Pinelands in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kane County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pinelands [Kane County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinelands ...
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.
- Burning Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burning Ridge is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Ridge
- Coopers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coopers is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Cypress Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Forestbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunter Fields
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunter Fields is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Fields
- Hurl Rocks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hurl Rocks is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurl Rocks
- Pine Island
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Island is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Plantation Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plantation Point is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
- Rosewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Seaview Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seaview Place is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview Place
- Tarpon Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tarpon Bay is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon Bay
- Watergate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watergate is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate
How Far From Pinelands 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 Pinelands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pinelands and extending to:
- Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pinelands to Conway, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the west (W). 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 372 miles [598.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,776 miles [7,686.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pinelands 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pinelands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pinelands 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 Pinelands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7271, Longitude: -78.9553 In this case, the coordinates for Pinelands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.154 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.111 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.241 degrees. |
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