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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 Cattle Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cattle Creek 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 Cattle Creek:
- 33.205717, -80.722041
- 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 Cattle Creek
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Cattle Creek is near Orangeburg County and also Bamberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bamberg 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 Cattle Creek
Communities Also Named Cattle Creek ...
We found one communities that are also named Cattle Creek.
Within South Carolina, the name Cattle Creek is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Cattle Creek in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Garfield County
- This Cattle Creek is located in Garfield County and lies 1,531 miles [2,463.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cattle Creek that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Cattle Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cattle Creek ...
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.
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cat Hole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cat Hole is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Hole
- Cow Tail ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cow Tail is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Tail
- Fifty Eight ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fifty Eight is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Eight
- Johnsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsville is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Sandy Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sandy Run is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
- Springtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springtown is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Sugar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Whetstone Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Whetstone Crossroads is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone Crossroads
How Far From Cattle Creek 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 Cattle Creek 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<3> community of Cattle Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cattle Creek and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies just to the East.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Cattle Creek to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 443 miles [712.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Cattle Creek) 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> | 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 Cattle Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cattle Creek 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 Cattle Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2057, Longitude: -80.7220 In this case, the coordinates for Cattle Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.134 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.161 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.037 degrees. |
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