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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 Fork Hill Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fork Hill Crossroads 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 Fork Hill Crossroads:
- 34.664319, -80.620347
- 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 Fork Hill Crossroads
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Fork Hill Crossroads is near Kershaw County and also Chesterfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kershaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield 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 Fork Hill Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fork Hill Crossroads ...
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.
- Anvil Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Anvil Rock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil Rock
- Crocketts Crossroad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crocketts Crossroad is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Crossroad
- Doctor Sapps Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dwight Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dwight Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Crossroads
- Green Peach Orchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Green Peach Orchard is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Peach Orchard
- Heath Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- New Cut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Cut is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Plain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plain is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plain
- Rich Hill Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rich Hill Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Crossroads
- Smoke Rise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Smoke Rise is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Tradesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tradesville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Fork Hill Crossroads to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fork Hill Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fork Hill Crossroads and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fork Hill Crossroads to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> 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 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 353 miles [568.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fork Hill Crossroads) 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 Fork Hill Crossroads 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 Fork Hill Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6643, Longitude: -80.6203 In this case, the coordinates for Fork Hill Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.092 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.323 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.584 degrees. |
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