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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 Tall PInes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tall PInes 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 Tall PInes:
    • 33.010171, -80.105367
    • 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 Tall PInes
  • 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 Tall PInes ...

We found four communities that share the name Tall PInes.

Within South Carolina, the name Tall PInes is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Tall PInes is located in Hillsborough County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Tall PInes that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Tall PInes.
    • Mississippi
      • Lamar County
      • This Tall PInes is located in Lamar County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west of the Tall PInes that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Tall PInes.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Tall PInes lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tall PInes that is located in Berkeley County.
    • Texas
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Tall PInes [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tall PInes ...

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.

  • Avenue of Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avenue of Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue of Oaks
    • Avenue of Oaks is located in Dorchester County
  • Boulder Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Bluff
    • Boulder Bluff is located in Berkeley County
  • Centerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Dorchester County
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in Berkeley County
  • Deer Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
    • Deer Park is located in Charleston County
  • Goose Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Goose Creek Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Creek Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Heights
    • Goose Creek Heights is located in Berkeley County
  • Grove Hall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
    • Grove Hall is located in Berkeley County
  • Holly Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Court
    • Holly Court is located in Berkeley County
  • Hound Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hound Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hound Run
    • Hound Run is located in Berkeley County
  • Iron Gate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
    • Iron Gate is located in Dorchester County
  • Lincolnville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Maple Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
      • Maple Ridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Meadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
      • Meadowbrook is located in Dorchester County
    • Mount Holly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Plantation Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantation Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Ridge
      • Plantation Ridge is located in Dorchester County
    • Pleasant Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Charleston County
    • Quail Arbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Arbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Arbor
      • Quail Arbor is located in Dorchester County
    • Rosehill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosehill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
      • Rosehill is located in Dorchester County
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Summerville Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Place
      • Summerville Place is located in Dorchester County
    • Summerwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
      • Summerwood is located in Dorchester County
    • Tramway
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tramway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
      • Tramway is located in Berkeley County
    • Twin Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
      • Twin Oaks is located in Dorchester County
    • Wide Awake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wide Awake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wide Awake
      • Wide Awake is located in Berkeley County
    • Woodlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Woodlawn is located in Dorchester County

How Far From Tall PInes 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 community such as Tall PInes to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tall PInes to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 86 miles [138.4 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 441 miles [709.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tall PInes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

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- Tall PInes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tall PInes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0102, Longitude: -80.1054       In this case, the coordinates for Tall PInes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Tall PInes 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Tall PInes to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.787 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.734 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.867 degrees.









 

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