|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Childsbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Childsbury 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 Childsbury:
- 33.097115, -79.933970
- 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 Childsbury
- 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 Childsbury 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 Childsbury
Curious and Interesting Names Near Childsbury ...
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.
- Boulder Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder Bluff is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Bluff
- Cedar Creek Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Landing
- Charity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charity is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Fox Bank ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fox Bank is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bank
- Groomville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Groomville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomville
- Hickory Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Holly Court
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Court is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Court
- Limerick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Locklair ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Locklair is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Old Joe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old Joe is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Joe
- Red Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Rice Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rice Hope is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Hope
- Saw Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saw Mill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stokes is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Stony Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Landing
- Strawberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Strawberry Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Strawberry Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Landing
- Tarry Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
- Woodland Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodland Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Landing
How Far From Childsbury 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 Childsbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Childsbury and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Childsbury to Columbia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 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<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,847 miles [7,800.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Childsbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Childsbury 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 Childsbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0971, Longitude: -79.9340 In this case, the coordinates for Childsbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.693 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.639 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.781 degrees. |
|
|