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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 White Pine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Pine 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 White Pine:
    • 37.140964, -80.335880
    • 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 White 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since White Pine is near Floyd County and also Roanoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roanoke 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 White Pine

Communities Also Named White Pine ...

We found nine communities that are also named White Pine.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named White Pine.

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

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Franklin County
      • This White Pine is located in Franklin County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east of the White Pine that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of White Pine.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Calhoun 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 Florida community of White Pine [Calhoun County].
      • Hillsborough County
      • This White Pine is located in Hillsborough County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the White Pine that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of White Pine.
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon County
      • This White Pine is located in Ontonagon County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the north northwest of the White Pine that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of White Pine.
    • Montana
      • Missoula 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 Montana community of White Pine [Missoula County].
      • Sanders County
      • This White Pine is located in Sanders County and lies 1,914 miles [3,080.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the White Pine that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of White Pine.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • This White Pine is located in Lycoming County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the north northeast of the White Pine that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of White Pine.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This White Pine is located in Hamblen County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the White Pine that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of White Pine.
    • West Virginia
      • Calhoun County
      • This White Pine is located in Calhoun County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the White Pine that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of White Pine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White 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.

  • Apple Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Apple Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Acres
  • Bangs ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bangs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
  • Christiansburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Craig Mountain
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
  • Echo Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Echo Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
  • Falling Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
  • Lee-Hi Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
  • Lester Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
  • Mockingbird Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
  • Oak Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Raintree Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
  • Rogers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogers is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Suburban Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Suburban Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
    • Sugar Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Victory Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
    • Walnut Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Yellow Sulphur
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Yellow Sulphur is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Sulphur
    • Yellow Sulphur Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from White Pine to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- White Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 White 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 White Pine 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 White Pine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1410, Longitude: -80.3359       In this case, the coordinates for White Pine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.908 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.474 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.707 degrees.