Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Pineville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pineville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pineville
- 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 Pineville:
- 36.671540, -76.820792
- 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 Pineville
- 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 Pineville ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Pineville.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Pineville.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Harrison 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 Mississippi community of Pineville [Harrison County].
- Smith County
- This Pineville is located in Smith County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Pineville.
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Pineville lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the northeast.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Pineville is located in Bucks County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the north northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Pineville.
- Warren County
- This Pineville is located in Warren County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km] to the north northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pineville.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Hamblen County
- This Pineville is located in Hamblen County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Pineville.
- Hamilton County
- This Pineville is located in Hamilton County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km] to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Pineville.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pineville ...
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.
- Box Elder
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Factory Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Factory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
- Factory Hill is located in Suffolk City
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Franklin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,833 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <4>
- Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Hunterdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County
- Isaac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Kingsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Kingsdale is located in Southampton County
- Lees Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Leesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
How Far From Pineville 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 Pineville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pineville and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Pineville to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pineville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pineville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pineville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6715, Longitude: -76.8208 In this case, the coordinates for Pineville 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 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 Pineville 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 . 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 Pineville 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 307.886 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.095 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.459 degrees. |