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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 Black Tom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Tom 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 Black Tom:
- 33.133502, -80.148423
- 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 Black Tom
- 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Black Tom is near Dorchester County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Black Tom
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Tom ...
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.
- Fox Bank ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fox Bank is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bank
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Groomville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groomville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomville
- Grove Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Hall is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
- Hickory Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hunters Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Creek is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
- Locklair ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Locklair is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
- Long Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Sandy Run ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sandy Run is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Strawberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Summerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tramway
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tramway is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Tuckertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Wide Awake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wide Awake is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wide Awake
How Far From Black Tom 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 Black Tom 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<2> community of Black Tom once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Black Tom and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Black Tom to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 434 miles [698.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,855 miles [7,813.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Black Tom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Black Tom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Black Tom 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 Black Tom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1335, Longitude: -80.1484 In this case, the coordinates for Black Tom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.813 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.781 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.848 degrees. |
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