Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Harleyville:
  • 33.214488, -80.447931
  • 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 Harleyville

• 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
  • Since Harleyville is near Orangeburg County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Harleyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harleyville ...

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.

• Cow Tail ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cow Tail is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Tail
• Ebenezer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ebenezer is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Four Holes
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Four Holes is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Holes
• Giant
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Giant is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giant
• Holly Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Holly Hill is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holly Hill <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Holly Hill
  • From Harleyville to Holly Hill
• Hope ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hope is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
• Lincoln Green
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln Green is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Green
• Pringletown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pringletown is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringletown
• Sandridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sandridge
  • From Harleyville to Sandridge
• Texas
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Texas is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
• Tugtown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tugtown is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugtown

How Far From Harleyville 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 town such as Harleyville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Harleyville 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 about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 436 miles [701.7 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 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'