Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pinewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinewood
- 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:
- 33.740356, -80.463339
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pinewood
- 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Since Pinewood is near Clarendon County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clarendon County
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pinewood ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Pinewood.
There are four communities within South Carolina that are also named Pinewood.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Beaufort County
- Clarendon County
- Horry County
- Richland County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Pinewood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pinewood that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pinewood.
- Miami-Dade County
- This Pinewood is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km] to the south of the Pinewood that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Pinewood.
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- This Pinewood is located in Columbia County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west of the Pinewood that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Pinewood.
- Muscogee County
- This Pinewood is located in Muscogee County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the west southwest of the Pinewood that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Pinewood.
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Caldwell County
- This Pinewood is located in Caldwell County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pinewood that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Pinewood.
- Wayne County
- This Pinewood is located in Wayne County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km] to the northeast of the Pinewood that is located in Sumter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pinewood.
- Ontario
- This Pinewood lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the north of the Pinewood that is located in Sumter County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinewood ...
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.
- Foxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Lone Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Malta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Privateer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Rainbow Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
- Rainbow Falls is located in Sumter County
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Sumter County
- Silver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
- Silver is located in Clarendon County
- Starks Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starks Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Ferry
- Starks Ferry is located in Sumter County
- Stokes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Summer View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer View
- Summer View is located in Sumter County
- Tiller Circle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiller Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiller Circle
- Tiller Circle is located in Sumter County
- Tina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Twin Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Sumter County
- Winter Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
- Winter Park is located in Sumter County
How Far From Pinewood to ...
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 town such as Pinewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinewood and extending to:
- Sumter, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pinewood to Sumter, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sumter County: www.sumtercountysc.org/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pinewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7404, Longitude: -80.4633 |
| <2> | 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 Pinewood 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Pinewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.079 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.792 degrees. |