Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dog Bluff:
  • 33.952666, -79.224489
  • 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 Dog Bluff

• 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
  • Since Dog Bluff is near Marion County and also Florence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Florence 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 Dog Bluff

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dog Bluff ...

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.

• Cool Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cool Spring is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
• Horry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Horry is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horry
• Hughes Landing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hughes Landing is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing
• Jones Crossroads
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Crossroads is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
• Jonestown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jonestown is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
• Jordanville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jordanville is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
• Knotty Branch
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Knotty Branch is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotty Branch
• Pages ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pages is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages
• Peters Ferry Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Peters Ferry Landing is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Ferry Landing
• Pleasant Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Red Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Hill is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill

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

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

• Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dog Bluff to Conway, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 103 miles [165.8 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 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 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,894 miles [11,094.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,779 miles [7,691.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'