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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 Bradley Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bradley Corner 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 Bradley Corner:
    • 34.016232, -82.360961
    • 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 Bradley Corner
  • 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 McCormick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McCormick County
    • Since Bradley Corner is near Abbeville County and also Greenwood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood 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 Bradley Corner

Communities Also Named Bradley Corner ...

We found two communities that are also named Bradley Corner.

Within South Carolina, the name Bradley Corner is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • This Bradley Corner lies 1,148 miles [1,847.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bradley Corner that is located in McCormick County.
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • This Bradley Corner is located in Washington County and lies 2,258 miles [3,633.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bradley Corner that is located in McCormick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Bradley Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bradley Corner ...

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.

  • Bordeaux
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bordeaux is located in McCormick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
  • Buffalo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo is located in McCormick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Cedar Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Hill is located in McCormick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Cedar Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Chamberlains Ferry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Chamberlains Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlains Ferry
  • Leroys Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Leroys Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroys Ferry
  • Liberty Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Long Cane ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Long Cane is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
  • Plum Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Promised Land
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
  • Rushville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rushville is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville

How Far From Bradley Corner 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 Bradley Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • McCormick, which is the Seat of McCormick County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bradley Corner 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 448 miles [721 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bradley Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<4>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 Bradley Corner 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 Bradley Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0162, Longitude: -82.3610       In this case, the coordinates for Bradley Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.083 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.367 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.433 degrees.