Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pine
- 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 Pine:
- 36.945937, -82.408204
- 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 Pine
- 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 Wise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wise County
- Since Pine is near Dickenson County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
- eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Pine ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Pine.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Pine.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Cass 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 Indiana community of Pine [Cass County].
- Lake County
- This Pine is located in Lake County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pine that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Pine.
- Saint Joseph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pine [Saint Joseph County].
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ontario
- This Pine lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pine that is located in Wise County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Pine is located in Clinton County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pine that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Pine.
- Tioga County
- This Pine is located in Tioga County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km] to the northeast of the Pine that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Pine.
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine ...
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.
- Bondtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Carfax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Crab Orchard
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Crab Orchard is located in Wise County
- Cranes Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranes Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Nest
- Cranes Nest is located in Wise County
- Dry Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Flatwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Herald
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Herald is located in Dickenson County
- Maytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Rural
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Toms Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toms Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Creek
- Toms Creek is located in Wise County
- Virginia City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Virginia City is located in Wise County
How Far From Pine 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 Pine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Pine once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pine to Wise, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 322 miles [518.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wise County: www.wisecounty.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Pine 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' (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- Pine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9459, Longitude: -82.4082 In this case, the coordinates for Pine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Pine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Pine 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 311.144 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.859 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.627 degrees. |