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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 Benton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benton Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Benton Park:
    • 33.726561, -78.849470
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Benton Park
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Benton Park ...

We found two communities that share the name Benton Park.

Within South Carolina, the name Benton Park is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Franklin County
      • This Benton Park is located in Franklin County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Benton Park that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Benton Park.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Benton Park [Saint Louis City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Benton Park ...

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.

  • Cane Patch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cane Patch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Patch
    • Cane Patch is located in Horry County
  • Cypress Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
    • Cypress Creek is located in Horry County
  • Dunes Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunes Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes Cove
    • Dunes Cove is located in Horry County
  • Forest Dunes
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Dunes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dunes
    • Forest Dunes is located in Horry County
  • Green Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lakes
    • Green Lakes is located in Horry County
  • Hurl Rocks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurl Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurl Rocks
    • Hurl Rocks is located in Horry County
  • Lake Shore
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
    • Lake Shore is located in Horry County
  • Long Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bay
    • Long Bay is located in Horry County
  • Ocean Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Forest
    • Ocean Forest is located in Horry County
  • Pine Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Pine Island is located in Horry County
  • Plantation Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantation Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
    • Plantation Point is located in Horry County
  • Seaview Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaview Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview Place
    • Seaview Place is located in Horry County
  • Tarpon Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarpon Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon Bay
    • Tarpon Bay is located in Horry County

How Far From Benton Park 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 Benton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Benton Park and extending to:

  • Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Benton Park to Conway, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 371 miles [597.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,771 miles [7,678.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Benton Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Horry County: www.horrycounty.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benton Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Benton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7266, Longitude: -78.8495       In this case, the coordinates for Benton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Benton Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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.
<5>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 Benton Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.096 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.043 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.203 degrees.




 

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