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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 General Sumter Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to General Sumter Estates 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 General Sumter Estates:
- 33.968210, -80.494806
- 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 General Sumter Estates
- 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Since General Sumter Estates is near Richland County and also Kershaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kershaw 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 General Sumter Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near General Sumter Estates ...
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.
- Burns Down
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burns Down is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Down
- Catchall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Catchall is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catchall
- Cherryvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
- Dixie Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie Crossing is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Crossing
- Edgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Ellerbees Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ellerbees Mill is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbees Mill
- Foxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foxville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville
- Hearthstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hearthstone is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearthstone
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Iris Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Iris Heights is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris Heights
- Rainbow Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow Falls is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
- Sanders Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanders Corner is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Corner
- Summer View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summer View is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer View
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Winter Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Winter Park is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
How Far From General Sumter Estates 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 General Sumter Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in General Sumter Estates and extending to:
- Sumter, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from General Sumter Estates to Sumter, 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 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 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- General Sumter Estates) 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 General Sumter Estates 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 General Sumter Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9682, Longitude: -80.4948 In this case, the coordinates for General Sumter Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.016 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.135 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.738 degrees. |
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