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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 Edisto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edisto 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 Edisto:
- 33.476543, -80.898704
- 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 Edisto
- 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 Orangeburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Since Edisto is near Bamberg County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bamberg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Edisto
Communities Also Named Edisto ...
We found one communities that are also named Edisto.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Edisto.
Beyond South Carolina.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Barnwell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Edisto [Barnwell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edisto ...
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.
- Gravel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Great Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Great Branch is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Branch
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Haddock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Haddock is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hillview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillview is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Hunter Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hill
- Jones Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Terrace is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Terrace
- Marshall Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Heights is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Meadowridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meadowridge is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Orangeburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pecanway Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pecanway Terrace is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecanway Terrace
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pine Needles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Needles is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
- Poplar Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Poplar Spring is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Spring
- Quicktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Quicktown is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicktown
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Windy Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Windy Hills is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
How Far From Edisto 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 Edisto to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Edisto and extending to:
- Orangeburg, which is the Seat of Orangeburg County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Edisto to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 431 miles [693.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Edisto 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edisto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Edisto 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 Edisto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4765, Longitude: -80.8987 In this case, the coordinates for Edisto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.238 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.319 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.027 degrees. |
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