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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 Gilgal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gilgal 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 Gilgal:
- 34.277060, -82.349291
- 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 Gilgal
- 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 Abbeville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
- Since Gilgal is near Greenwood County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Gilgal
Communities Also Named Gilgal ...
We found one communities that are also named Gilgal.
Within South Carolina, the name Gilgal is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Gilgal in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Screven 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 Georgia community of Gilgal [Screven County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gilgal ...
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.
- Brick House
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brick House is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House
- Buck Stand
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Buck Stand is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Stand
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Dover ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Downs Siding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Downs Siding is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Siding
- Due West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairs Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairs Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairs Crossroads
- Foxville Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Foxville Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville Crossroads
- Iris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Iris is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
- Level Land
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Long Cane ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Long Cane is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Shoals Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shoals Junction is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals Junction
How Far From Gilgal 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 Gilgal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gilgal and extending to:
- Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Gilgal to Columbia, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 434 miles [698.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 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 Gilgal 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Gilgal) 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 Gilgal 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 Gilgal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2771, Longitude: -82.3493 In this case, the coordinates for Gilgal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.082 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.404 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.358 degrees. |
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