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 Centenary:
34.030326, -79.355751
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 Centenary
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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Centenary.
Within South Carolina, the name Centenary is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Crenshaw County
This Centenary is located in Crenshaw County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Centenary that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Centenary.
Indiana
Vermillion County
This Centenary is located in Vermillion County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Centenary that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermillion County community of Centenary.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
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 Louisiana community of Centenary [Caddo Parish].
New York
Rockland County
This Centenary is located in Rockland County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Centenary that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Centenary.
Ohio
Gallia County
This Centenary is located in Gallia County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Centenary that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Centenary.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Centenary.
Virginia
Buckingham County
This Centenary is located in Buckingham County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the north of the Centenary that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Centenary.
Norfolk City
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 Virginia community of Centenary [Norfolk City].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Centenary ...
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.
Cartwheel Landing (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Centenary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Centenary and extending to:
Marion, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Centenary to Marion, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,781 miles [7,694.3 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- Centenary) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Centenary 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>
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 Centenary 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 Centenary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0303, Longitude: -79.3558
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.377 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.41 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.296 degrees.