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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 Burnt Church Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Church Crossroads and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burnt Church Crossroads
- 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 Burnt Church Crossroads:
- 32.808232, -80.491492
- 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 Burnt Church Crossroads
- 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Burnt Church Crossroads is near Charleston County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Burnt Church Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Church Crossroads ...
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.
- Burr Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burr Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Cottageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gloverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gloverville is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloverville
- Green Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Iron Crossroads is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Crossroads
- Martins Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
- Ponpon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ponpon is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponpon
- Pringle Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pringle Bend is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle Bend
- Round O
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Burnt Church Crossroads 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 Burnt Church Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burnt Church Crossroads and extending to:
- Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burnt Church Crossroads to Walterboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Burnt Church Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Burnt Church Crossroads 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 Burnt Church Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8082, Longitude: -80.4915 In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Church Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.998 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.948 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.063 degrees. |
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