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 Davistown:
34.022940, -79.531169
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 Davistown
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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Davistown.
Within South Carolina, the name Davistown is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jackson County
This Davistown is located in Jackson County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the west of the Davistown that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Davistown.
Kentucky
Garrard County
This Davistown is located in Garrard County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the northwest of the Davistown that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrard County community of Davistown.
Woodford County
This Davistown is located in Woodford County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km] to the northwest of the Davistown that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Davistown.
North Carolina
Edgecombe County
This Davistown is located in Edgecombe County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Davistown that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Davistown.
McDowell County
This Davistown is located in McDowell County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the northwest of the Davistown that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Davistown.
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Davistown is located in Fayette County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the north of the Davistown that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Davistown.
Greene County
This Davistown is located in Greene County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km] to the north of the Davistown that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Davistown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Davistown ...
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.
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 Davistown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Davistown and extending to:
Florence, which is the Seat of Florence County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Davistown to Florence, with an average speed<2> 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the west (W). 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 363 miles [584.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Davistown) 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 Davistown 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 Davistown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0229, Longitude: -79.5312 In this case, the coordinates for Davistown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.475 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.521 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.363 degrees.