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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 Ellenton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellenton 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 Ellenton:
    • 33.198760, -81.755947
    • 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 Ellenton
  • 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 Barnwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barnwell County
    • Since Ellenton is near Burke County and also Aiken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken 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 Ellenton

Communities Also Named Ellenton ...

We found four communities that are also named Ellenton.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Ellenton.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Aiken 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 Ellenton [Aiken County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Manatee County
      • This Ellenton is located in Manatee County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<2> to the south of the Ellenton that is located in Barnwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manatee County community of Ellenton.
    • Georgia
      • Colquitt County
      • This Ellenton is located in Colquitt County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ellenton that is located in Barnwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colquitt County community of Ellenton.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • This Ellenton is located in Lycoming County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Ellenton that is located in Barnwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Ellenton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellenton ...

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.

  • Bush ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bush is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
  • Dog Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Dog Ferry is located in Burke County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Ferry
  • Grays Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grays Landing is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
  • Greenland ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenland is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Robbins ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Robbins is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Shell Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Shell Bluff is located in Burke County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff
  • Shell Bluff Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shell Bluff Landing is located in Burke County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff Landing
  • Silver Bluff Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Bluff Ferry is located in Richmond County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bluff Ferry
  • Steel Creek Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Steel Creek Landing is located in Allendale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Creek Landing

How Far From Ellenton 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 Ellenton 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<3> community of Ellenton once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellenton and extending to:

  • Barnwell, which is the Seat of Barnwell County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Ellenton to Barnwell, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 473 miles [761.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,925 miles [7,926 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ellenton 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>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- Ellenton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Ellenton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ellenton 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 Ellenton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1988, Longitude: -81.7559       In this case, the coordinates for Ellenton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.716 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.829 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.421 degrees.