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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 Bachman Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bachman Chapel 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 Bachman Chapel:
- 34.252086, -81.507604
- 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 Bachman Chapel
- 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 Newberry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newberry County
- Since Bachman Chapel is near Fairfield County and also Lexington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington 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 Bachman Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bachman Chapel ...
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.
- Cravenhill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cravenhill is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravenhill
- Devils Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Devils Cross Roads is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Cross Roads
- Helena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Little Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Living Inn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Living Inn is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Inn
- Peak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Prosperity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Snug Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Spearman ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spearman is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearman
- Stoney Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Sueville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sueville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sueville
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Union is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Bachman Chapel 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 Bachman Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bachman Chapel and extending to:
- Newberry, which is the Seat of Newberry County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Bachman Chapel to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bachman Chapel) 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 Bachman Chapel 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 Bachman Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2521, Longitude: -81.5076 In this case, the coordinates for Bachman Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.596 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.041 degrees. |
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