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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 Ashepoo Siding, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashepoo Siding 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 Ashepoo Siding:
- 32.636850, -80.500660
- 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 Ashepoo Siding
- 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Ashepoo Siding is near Charleston County and also Beaufort County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort 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 Ashepoo Siding
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashepoo Siding ...
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.
- Adams Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Church Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Catholic Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Hill
- Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
- Freedman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Freedman is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedman
- Green Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Little Edisto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Edisto is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Edisto
- Lucy Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Creek
- Marsh Hawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Hawk is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hawk
- Pepper Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pepper Hill is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Hill
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pine Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Landing
- Ponpon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ponpon is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponpon
- Rivers Edge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rivers Edge is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Steamboat Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Steamboat Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Landing
How Far From Ashepoo Siding 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 Ashepoo Siding to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ashepoo Siding and extending to:
- Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ashepoo Siding to Walterboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 473 miles [761.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,892 miles [7,872.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashepoo Siding) 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 Ashepoo Siding 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 Ashepoo Siding. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6369, Longitude: -80.5007 In this case, the coordinates for Ashepoo Siding have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.00 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.925 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.113 degrees. |
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