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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 Cane Patch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cane Patch 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 Cane Patch:
    • 33.741006, -78.822801
    • 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 Cane Patch
  • 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
    • Since Cane Patch is near Georgetown County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Georgetown County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Cane Patch

Communities Also Named Cane Patch ...

We found one communities that are also named Cane Patch.

Within South Carolina, the name Cane Patch is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Cane Patch in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Wise County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cane Patch [Wise County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cane Patch ...

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.

  • Dunes Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunes Cove is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes Cove
  • Forest Dunes
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Dunes is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dunes
  • Green Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Lakes is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lakes
  • Lake Shore
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lake Shore is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Long Bay
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Long Bay is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bay
  • Ocean Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Ocean Forest is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Forest
  • Pine Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Island is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
  • Plantation Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Plantation Point is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
  • Seaview Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Seaview Place is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview Place
  • Skimmer Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Skimmer Bay is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skimmer Bay

How Far From Cane Patch 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 Cane Patch to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cane Patch and extending to:

  • Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cane Patch to Conway, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 369 miles [593.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,769 miles [7,675 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cane Patch 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cane Patch) 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 Cane Patch 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 Cane Patch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7410, Longitude: -78.8228       In this case, the coordinates for Cane Patch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.081 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.028 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.189 degrees.