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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 New Life, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Life and the surrounding area.
- 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 New Life:
- 34.130725, -78.840857
- 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 New Life
- 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 Columbus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
- Since New Life is near Horry County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 New Life
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Life ...
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.
- Cribb Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Glenn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenn is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Goretown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goretown is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goretown
- Grahams Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grahams Crossroads is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Crossroads
- Green Sea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Guide
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guide is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guide
- Howard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Howard is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Hulls Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hulls Island is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Island
- Ironhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Live Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Long Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Long Point is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Princeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Princeville is located in Horry County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
- Roseland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Roseland is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Sandy Plain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Plain is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plain
- Snowhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Snowhill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowhill
- Vinegar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vinegar Hill is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
How Far From New Life 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 New Life to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Life and extending to:
- Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Life to Whiteville, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 114 miles [183.5 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 344 miles [553.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,754 miles [7,650.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- New Life) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 New Life 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 New Life. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1307, Longitude: -78.8409 In this case, the coordinates for New Life have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.089 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.094 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.076 degrees. |
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