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 Bannockburn:
34.134602, -79.758953
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 Bannockburn
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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Bannockburn.
Within South Carolina, the name Bannockburn is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Berrien County
This Bannockburn is located in Berrien County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bannockburn that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Bannockburn.
Illinois
Lake County
This Bannockburn is located in Lake County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bannockburn that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Bannockburn.
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Bannockburn is located in Montgomery County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bannockburn that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Bannockburn.
Ontario
This Bannockburn lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the north of the Bannockburn that is located in Florence County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bannockburn ...
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.
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 Bannockburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bannockburn and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bannockburn to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bannockburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
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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 Bannockburn 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 Bannockburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1346, Longitude: -79.7590 In this case, the coordinates for Bannockburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.603 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.684 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.415 degrees.