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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 Douglass, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Douglass and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Douglass:
    • 34.458755, -81.248704
    • 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 Douglass
  • 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
    • Since Douglass is near Chester County and also Newberry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newberry 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 Douglass

Communities Also Named Douglass ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Douglass.

Within South Carolina, the name Douglass is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Fayette County
      • This Douglass is located in Fayette County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Douglass that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Douglass.
    • Kansas
      • Butler County
      • This Douglass is located in Butler County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Douglass that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Douglass.
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Douglass [Linn County].
    • Michigan
      • Saint Joseph County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Douglass [Saint Joseph County].
    • Nevada
      • Mineral County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Mineral County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Douglass.
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Douglass [Essex County].
    • Ohio
      • Wyandot County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Douglass [Wyandot County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Douglass is located in Allegheny County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the north of the Douglass that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Douglass.
    • Texas
      • Nacogdoches County
      • This Douglass is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the west of the Douglass that is located in Fairfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Douglass.
      • Red River County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Douglass [Red River County].
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Douglass [Jackson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Douglass ...

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.

  • Blair
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cravenhill ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cravenhill is located in Newberry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravenhill
  • David Sims Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • David Sims Ferry is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Sims Ferry
  • Evans
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Evans is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Fishdam Ferry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fishdam Ferry is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam Ferry
  • Herbert
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Herbert is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
  • Jenkinsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Lylesford ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lylesford is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lylesford
  • Mountain Lakes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Lakes is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lakes
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pride ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pride is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pride
    • Rock Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock Creek is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Rock Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
    • Sandy River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sandy River is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River
    • Sueville ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sueville is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sueville
    • Tuckertown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Tuckertown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Douglass and extending to:

  • Winnsboro, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Douglass to Winnsboro, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Douglass) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Douglass could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Douglass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Douglass 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 Douglass. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4588, Longitude: -81.2487       In this case, the coordinates for Douglass have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.451 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.704 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.884 degrees.