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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 The Cottage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Cottage and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 The Cottage:
    • 33.146836, -80.058140
    • 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 The Cottage
  • 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 The Cottage is near Dorchester County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 The Cottage

Communities Also Named The Cottage ...

We found seven communities that are also named The Cottage.

Within South Carolina, the name The Cottage is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This The Cottage is located in Cook County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Cottage that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of The Cottage.
    • Iowa
      • Hardin 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 Iowa community of The Cottage [Hardin County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook 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 Maine community of The Cottage [Aroostook County].
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • This The Cottage is located in Macon County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Cottage that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of The Cottage.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This The Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the north of the The Cottage that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of The Cottage.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • This The Cottage is located in Huntingdon County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the north of the The Cottage that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of The Cottage.
    • Quebec
      • This The Cottage lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Cottage that is located in Berkeley County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Cottage ...

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.

  • Black Tom ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Black Tom is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Tom
  • Fox Bank ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fox Bank is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bank
  • Green Hill ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Groomville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Groomville is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomville
  • Hickory Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Locklair ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Locklair is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
  • Long Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Strawberry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Sugar Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
  • Tarry Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
  • Tuckertown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

How Far From The Cottage 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 The Cottage to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from The Cottage to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,850 miles [7,805.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Cottage) 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 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 The Cottage 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 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.
<4>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 The Cottage 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 The Cottage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1468, Longitude: -80.0581       In this case, the coordinates for The Cottage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.763 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.726 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.812 degrees.