Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Poley Bridge Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poley Bridge Crossing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Poley Bridge Crossing

• 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 Poley Bridge Crossing:
  • 34.158781, -78.681960
  • 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 Poley Bridge Crossing

• 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 Poley Bridge Crossing is near Brunswick County and also Horry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry 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 Poley Bridge Crossing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poley Bridge Crossing ...

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.

• Bug Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
• Butler Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Butler Crossroads is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Crossroads
• Cypress Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cypress Creek is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
• Guide
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Guide is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guide
• Guideway
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Guideway is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guideway
• Ironhill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
• Mark Pine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mark Pine is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Pine
• Needmore
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Needmore is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Old Dock
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Old Dock is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
• Pine Level
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pine Level is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
• Pleasant Plains
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Plains is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
• Seven Creeks
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Seven Creeks is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Creeks
• Snowhill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Snowhill is located in Columbus County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowhill

How Far From Poley Bridge Crossing 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 Poley Bridge Crossing 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<1> community of Poley Bridge Crossing once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Poley Bridge Crossing and extending to:

• Whiteville, which is the Seat of Columbus County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Poley Bridge Crossing to Whiteville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 339 miles [545.6 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 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,745 miles [7,636.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'