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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 Pineland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pineland 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 Pineland:
    • 37.290428, -77.417761
    • 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 Pineland
  • 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Since Pineland is near Colonial Heights City and also Prince George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colonial Heights City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George 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 Pineland

Communities Also Named Pineland ...

We found nine communities that are also named Pineland.

Within Virginia, the name Pineland is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Pineland [Shasta County].
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • This Pineland is located in Lee County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Pineland that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Pineland.
      • Taylor County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pineland [Taylor County].
    • Georgia
      • Echols County
      • This Pineland is located in Echols County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Pineland that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Echols County community of Pineland.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Pineland is located in Berks County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pineland that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Pineland.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Pineland is located in Charleston County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Pineland that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Pineland.
      • Jasper County
      • This Pineland is located in Jasper County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the southwest of the Pineland that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Pineland.
    • Tennessee
      • Meigs County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pineland [Meigs County].
    • Texas
      • Sabine County
      • This Pineland is located in Sabine County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pineland that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine County community of Pineland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineland ...

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.

  • Cedar Level
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Level is located in Hopewell City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Level
  • Chester
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • College Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • College Park is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Dutch Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dutch Gap is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Gap
  • Edenshire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Edenshire is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenshire
  • Gay Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Gay Farms is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Farms
  • Grant Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
  • Grove Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Grove Place is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Place
  • Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Heights is located in Petersburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heights
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lakeview is located in Colonial Heights City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Locust Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Locust Grove is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Mistwood Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mistwood Forest is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistwood Forest
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Pocahontas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Pocahontas is located in Petersburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Rabbit Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rabbit Run is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Run
    • River View Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • River View Park is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View Park
    • Robertson Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Robertson Place is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Place
    • Sandy Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • Screamersville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
    • Trojan Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Trojan Woods is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan Woods
    • Woodlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Woodlawn is located in Colonial Heights City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Pineland to Richmond, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the north (N). 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 shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Pineland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pineland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pineland 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.
<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 Pineland 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 Pineland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2904, Longitude: -77.4178       In this case, the coordinates for Pineland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.20 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.546 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.471 degrees.