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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 Bullock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bullock 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 Bullock:
    • 34.160121, -82.205956
    • 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 Bullock
  • 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
    • Since Bullock is near Abbeville County and also Laurens 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 Laurens 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 Bullock

Communities Also Named Bullock ...

We found nine communities that are also named Bullock.

Within South Carolina, the name Bullock is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Crenshaw County
      • This Bullock is located in Crenshaw County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bullock that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Bullock.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Bullock is located in Frederick County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bullock that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Bullock.
    • Michigan
      • Alpena County
      • 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 Michigan community of Bullock [Alpena County].
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah County
      • 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 Mississippi community of Bullock [Tippah County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Bullock is located in Burlington County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bullock that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Bullock.
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Bullock is located in Granville County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bullock that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Bullock.
    • Ontario
      • This Bullock lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bullock that is located in Greenwood County.
    • Texas
      • Eastland County
      • This Bullock is located in Eastland County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<1> to the west of the Bullock that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Bullock.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Bullock is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,682 miles [2,706.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bullock that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Bullock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bullock ...

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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Fawn Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fawn Brook is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Brook
  • Forest Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Greenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
  • Hill and Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hill and Dale is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
  • Lodge Grounds
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lodge Grounds is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grounds
  • Page Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Page Place is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Place
  • Promised Land
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
  • Timberlake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Timberlake is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
  • Wisewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Wisewood is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisewood
  • Woodlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodlawn is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Bullock 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 Bullock 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<4> community of Bullock once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bullock and extending to:

  • Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Bullock to Columbia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 434 miles [698.5 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 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- Bullock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Bullock 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Bullock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bullock 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 Bullock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1601, Longitude: -82.2060       In this case, the coordinates for Bullock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.996 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.289 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.335 degrees.