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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 Floricane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Floricane 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 Floricane:
    • 33.427111, -79.868686
    • 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 Floricane
  • 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Since Floricane is near Williamsburg County and also Georgetown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Georgetown 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 Floricane

Curious and Interesting Names Near Floricane ...

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.

  • Bryans Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bryans Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Crossroads
  • Edwards
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Edwards is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Gravel Hill ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Harris Town
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
  • Harristown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Harristown is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
  • Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
  • Martin Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Martin Corner is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Corner
  • Old Peru
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Old Peru is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peru
  • Providence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Providence is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Region Town ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
  • Swamp Fox
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Swamp Fox is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Fox
  • Trio
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Trio is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio

How Far From Floricane 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 Floricane 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<2> community of Floricane once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Floricane and extending to:

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Floricane to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 Floricane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Floricane) 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 Floricane 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 Floricane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4271, Longitude: -79.8687       In this case, the coordinates for Floricane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.661 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.648 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.663 degrees.