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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 Central Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central Crossroads 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 Central Crossroads:
- 33.887939, -79.912848
- 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 Central 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 Clarendon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarendon County
- Since Central Crossroads is near Florence County and also Williamsburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg 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 Central Crossroads
Communities Also Named Central Crossroads ...
We found one communities that are also named Central Crossroads.
Within South Carolina, the name Central Crossroads is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Central Crossroads in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson 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 Alabama community of Central Crossroads [Jackson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Central 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.
- Hamville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hamville is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamville
- Hebron Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hebron Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Crossroads
- Hobbs Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hobbs Crossroads is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossroads
- Hogeye Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hogeye Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogeye Crossroads
- Kennedy Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kennedy Park is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Park
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Moore Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
- Pleasant Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Trinity Cross Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cross Roads is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cross Roads
- Union Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
How Far From Central Crossroads 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 Central Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Central Crossroads and extending to:
- Manning, which is the Seat of Clarendon County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Central Crossroads to Manning, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 381 miles [613.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,239 miles [10,040.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Central Crossroads 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Central Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Central 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 Central Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8879, Longitude: -79.9128 In this case, the coordinates for Central Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.688 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.747 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.545 degrees. |
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