Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Grices Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grices Ferry and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Grices Ferry

• 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 Grices Ferry:
  • 34.180997, -79.183653
  • 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 Grices Ferry

• 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
  • Since Grices Ferry is near Marion County and also Dillon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dillon 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 Grices Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grices Ferry ...

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.

• Cartwheel Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cartwheel Landing is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwheel Landing
• Floyds Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Floyds Crossroads is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyds Crossroads
• Floyds Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Floyds Ferry is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyds Ferry
• Fork
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fork is located in Dillon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fork <1>
• Gapway
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gapway is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapway
• May Hilltop
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • May Hilltop is located in Dillon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hilltop
• Pitch Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pitch Landing is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitch Landing
• Pleasant View
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant View is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
• Polecat Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Polecat Landing is located in Horry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polecat Landing
• Rains
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rains is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rains <1>
• Squires
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Squires is located in Dillon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
• Zion
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Grices Ferry 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 Grices Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grices Ferry and extending to:

• Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grices Ferry to Conway, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 346 miles [556.8 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 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,767 miles [7,671.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'