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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 Happy Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Happy Bottom 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 Happy Bottom:
- 33.245984, -81.373440
- 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 Happy Bottom
- 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 Barnwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnwell County
- Since Happy Bottom is near Bamberg County and also Allendale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bamberg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allendale 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 Happy Bottom
Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy Bottom ...
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.
- Boiling Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boiling Springs is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Denmark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grays Crossroads is located in Allendale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Crossroads
- Greenland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Healing Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Healing Springs is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Hells Half Acre
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hells Half Acre is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hells Half Acre
- Lees
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lees is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees
- Long Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Long Branch is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Luther ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Luther is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Martin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Millett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millett is located in Allendale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Rosemary ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemary is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
How Far From Happy Bottom 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 Happy Bottom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Happy Bottom and extending to:
- Barnwell, which is the Seat of Barnwell County, lies just to the East.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Happy Bottom to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 459 miles [738.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,332 miles [10,190.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Happy Bottom) 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 Happy Bottom 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 Happy Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2460, Longitude: -81.3734 In this case, the coordinates for Happy Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.501 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.589 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.266 degrees. |
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