Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Darraugh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Darraugh and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Darraugh

• 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 Darraugh:
  • 34.222061, -82.330125
  • 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 Darraugh

• 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 Darraugh is near Greenwood County and also McCormick 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 McCormick 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 Darraugh

Curious and Interesting Names Near Darraugh ...

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.

• Brick House
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Brick House is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House
• Buck Stand
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Buck Stand is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Stand
• Cold Spring
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cold Spring is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Downs Siding
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Downs Siding is located in Greenwood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Siding
• Fairs Crossroads
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairs Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairs Crossroads
• Fawn Brook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fawn Brook is located in Greenwood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Brook
• Forest Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
• Harris
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Harris is located in Greenwood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
• Iris
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Iris is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
• Long Cane ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Long Cane is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
• Timberlake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Timberlake is located in Greenwood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
• Woodlawn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Woodlawn is located in Greenwood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Darraugh and extending to:

• Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Darraugh 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 436 miles [701.7 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'