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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 Buck Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buck Hall 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 Buck Hall:
- 33.190170, -79.952580
- 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 Buck Hall
- 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 Buck Hall 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 Buck Hall
Communities Also Named Buck Hall ...
We found one communities that are also named Buck Hall.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Buck Hall.
Beyond South Carolina.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Charleston County
- This Buck Hall is located in Charleston County and lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Buck Hall that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Buck Hall.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buck Hall ...
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.
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Childsbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Childsbury is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childsbury
- Fox Bank ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Bank is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bank
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hickory Grove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Locklair ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Locklair is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Rice Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rice Hope is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Hope
- Saw Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Saw Mill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill
- Stony Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stony Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Landing
- Strawberry Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Strawberry Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Landing
- Sugar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Tarry Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
How Far From Buck Hall to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Buck Hall 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 Buck Hall once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Buck Hall and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the West.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Buck Hall 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 426 miles [685.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buck Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Buck Hall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Buck Hall 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 Buck Hall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1902, Longitude: -79.9526 In this case, the coordinates for Buck Hall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.705 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.665 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.761 degrees. |
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