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 Fraserville:
33.442946, -79.131154
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 Fraserville
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 Georgetown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Fraserville.
Within South Carolina, the name Fraserville is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Nova Scotia
This Fraserville lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fraserville that is located in Georgetown County.
Ontario
This Fraserville lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the north of the Fraserville that is located in Georgetown County.
Quebec
This Fraserville lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fraserville that is located in Georgetown County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fraserville ...
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.
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 Fraserville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fraserville and extending to:
Georgetown, which is the Seat of Georgetown County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fraserville to Georgetown, with an average speed<2> 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 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 394 miles [634.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fraserville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Fraserville 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 Fraserville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4429, Longitude: -79.1312 In this case, the coordinates for Fraserville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.252 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.181 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.39 degrees.