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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 Charity, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Charity 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 Charity:
    • 33.006005, -79.849803
    • 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 Charity
  • 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Since Charity 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 Charity

Communities Also Named Charity ...

We found nine communities that are also named Charity.

Within South Carolina, the name Charity is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Charity [Pulaski County].
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Vermilion County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Charity.
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • 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 Kansas community of Charity [Clay County].
    • Missouri
      • Dallas County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Charity [Dallas County].
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin County
      • This Charity is located in Duplin County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Charity that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Charity.
      • Yadkin County
      • 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 North Carolina community of Charity [Yadkin County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Gallia County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Charity.
    • Tennessee
      • Moore County
      • 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 Tennessee community of Charity [Moore County].
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • This Charity is located in Patrick County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<3> to the north of the Charity that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Charity.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Charity ...

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.

  • Cedar Creek Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Creek Landing is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Landing
  • Childsbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Childsbury is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childsbury
  • Martins Point Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Martins Point Landing is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Point Landing
  • Old Joe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Joe is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Joe
  • Red Bank Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Bank Landing is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Landing
  • Red Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Red Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Rice Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rice Hope is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Hope
  • Saw Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Saw Mill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill
  • Stokes ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Stokes is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
  • Strawberry Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Strawberry Landing is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Landing
  • Woodland Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodland Landing is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Landing
  • Yellow House ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Yellow House is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House
  • Yellow House Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Yellow House Landing is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Landing

How Far From Charity to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Charity to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Charity and extending to:

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Charity to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 436 miles [701.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Charity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Charity 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Charity) 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 Charity 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 Charity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0060, Longitude: -79.8498       In this case, the coordinates for Charity have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.646 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.571 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.776 degrees.