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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 Dann, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dann 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 Dann:
- 34.396503, -82.364012
- 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 Dann
- 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 Abbeville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
- Since Dann is near Greenwood County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Dann
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dann ...
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.
- Blue Heaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blue Heaven is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heaven
- Brick House
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brick House is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House
- Buck Stand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buck Stand is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Stand
- Due West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Erie ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Erie is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Fairs Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fairs Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairs Crossroads
- Foxville Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Foxville Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville Crossroads
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Iris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Iris is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
- Jones ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jones is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Level Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Murray ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Shoals Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shoals Junction is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals Junction
How Far From Dann 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 Dann 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 Dann once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dann and extending to:
- Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dann to Abbeville, 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 four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 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 Dann, 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- Dann) 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 Dann 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 Dann. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3965, Longitude: -82.3640 In this case, the coordinates for Dann have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.093 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.433 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.332 degrees. |
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