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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 Beth Eden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beth Eden 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 Beth Eden:
- 34.353194, -81.622606
- 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 Beth Eden
- 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 Beth Eden is near Laurens County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Beth Eden
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beth Eden ...
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.
- Brickhouse Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bush River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bush River is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush River
- Devils Cross Roads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Devils Cross Roads is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Cross Roads
- Gary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gary is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Longshore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Longshore is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshore
- Spearman ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spearman is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearman
- Trinity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Beth Eden 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 Beth Eden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Beth Eden and extending to:
- Newberry, which is the Seat of Newberry County, lies just to the South.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Beth Eden to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Beth Eden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Beth Eden 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 Beth Eden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3532, Longitude: -81.6226 In this case, the coordinates for Beth Eden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.664 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.934 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.057 degrees. |
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