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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 Creco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creco 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 Creco:
- 33.422098, -81.129544
- 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 Creco
- 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 Orangeburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Since Creco is near Bamberg County and also Barnwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bamberg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnwell 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 Creco
Curious and Interesting Names Near Creco ...
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.
- Bobcat Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bobcat Landing is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobcat Landing
- Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
- Cope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Finland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Finland is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finland
- Gravel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Healing Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Lees
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lees is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees
- Rosemary ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemary is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Sweden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sweden is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
How Far From Creco to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Creco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Creco once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Creco and extending to:
- Orangeburg, which is the Seat of Orangeburg County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Creco to Orangeburg, 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 441 miles [709.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Creco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Creco) 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 Creco 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 Creco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4221, Longitude: -81.1295 In this case, the coordinates for Creco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.367 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.46 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.128 degrees. |
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