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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 Dogwood Neck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dogwood Neck 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 Dogwood Neck:
- 33.854061, -78.819190
- 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 Dogwood Neck
- 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 Dogwood Neck is near Columbus County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Dogwood Neck
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dogwood Neck ...
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.
- Chestnut Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Crossroads is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Crossroads
- Dunes Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dunes Cove is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes Cove
- Grahamville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamville is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Green Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lakes is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lakes
- Hand
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hand is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Nixonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nixonville is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
- Red Bluff Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red Bluff Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red Bluff Ferry is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Ferry
- Shell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shell is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell
- Skimmer Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Skimmer Bay is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skimmer Bay
- Star Bluff Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Timber Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Timber Ridge is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
How Far From Dogwood Neck 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 Dogwood Neck 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<1> community of Dogwood Neck once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dogwood Neck and extending to:
- Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dogwood Neck to Conway, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,764 miles [7,666.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dogwood Neck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dogwood Neck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Dogwood Neck 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 Dogwood Neck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8541, Longitude: -78.8192 In this case, the coordinates for Dogwood Neck have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.079 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.042 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.153 degrees. |
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