Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Beauty Spot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beauty Spot and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Beauty Spot

• 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 Beauty Spot:
  • 34.624326, -79.633945
  • 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 Beauty Spot

• 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 Marlboro County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
  • Since Beauty Spot is near Scotland County and also Dillon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scotland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dillon 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 Beauty Spot

Communities Also Named Beauty Spot ...

We found one communities that are also named Beauty Spot.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Beauty Spot.

Beyond South Carolina.

• Communities Located In South Carolina ...
  • York County
    • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Beauty Spot [York County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beauty Spot ...

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.

• Argyle
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Argyle is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
• Burnt Factory ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Burnt Factory is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
• Everetts ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Everetts is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
• Five Forks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Forks is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
• Grace Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grace Heights is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Heights
• Hasty
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hasty is located in Scotland County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
• Hebron
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hebron is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
• Lester
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lester is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
• Masons Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Masons Crossroads is located in Scotland County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Crossroads
• Quick Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Quick Crossroads is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick Crossroads
• Red Bluff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
• Sunnybrook Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnybrook Heights is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Heights

How Far From Beauty Spot 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 Beauty Spot 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 community of Beauty Spot once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beauty Spot and extending to:

• Bennettsville, which is the Seat of Marlboro County, lies just to the West.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Beauty Spot 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 6 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 328 miles [527.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,769 miles [7,675 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'