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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 Pinewood South, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinewood South 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 Pinewood South:
    • 34.884845, -81.985936
    • 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 Pinewood South
  • 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 Spartanburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
    • Since Pinewood South is near Union County and also Greenville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville 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 Pinewood South

Communities Also Named Pinewood South ...

We found one communities that are also named Pinewood South.

Within South Carolina, the name Pinewood South is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Pinewood South in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Pinewood South [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinewood South ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cold Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Forest Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Fox Hunt
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Hunt is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hunt
  • Greenridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Greenridge is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Hidden Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Hub City Courts
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
  • Park Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Pebblebrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Poplar Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
    • Raintree
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • River Edge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • River Edge is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
    • Stone Station
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Stone Station is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Station
    • Summerhill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Twin Lakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pinewood South and extending to:

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pinewood South to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Pinewood South 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pinewood South) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Pinewood South 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 Pinewood South. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8848, Longitude: -81.9859       In this case, the coordinates for Pinewood South have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.882 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.261 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.05 degrees.