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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 Heritage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Heritage:
    • 32.799898, -79.852585
    • 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 Heritage
  • 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 Charleston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
    • Since Heritage is near Berkeley County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Heritage

Communities Also Named Heritage ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Heritage.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Heritage.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Florence County
      • This Heritage is located in Florence County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the north of the Heritage that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Heritage.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Heritage [Arapahoe County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Heritage is located in New Castle County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heritage that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Heritage.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Heritage is located in Cobb County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heritage that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Heritage.
    • Illinois
      • Rock Island County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Heritage [Rock Island County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Heritage is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heritage that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Heritage.
      • Carroll County
      • This Heritage is located in Carroll County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km] to the north northeast of the Heritage that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Heritage.
      • Howard County
      • This Heritage is located in Howard County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km] to the north northeast of the Heritage that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Heritage.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Heritage [Gloucester County].
    • New York
      • Schenectady County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Heritage [Schenectady County].
    • Texas
      • Hill County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Heritage [Hill County].
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • This Heritage is located in Warren County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heritage that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Heritage.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage ...

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.

  • Avian Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Avian Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avian Park
  • Creekside Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Creekside Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Park
  • Harborgate
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Harborgate is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborgate
  • Hickory Shadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hickory Shadows is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Shadows
  • Island-of-Palms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
  • Miltons Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Miltons Ferry is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltons Ferry
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Parish Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Parish Place is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Place
  • Waterway Arms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Waterway Arms is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterway Arms

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heritage and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the West.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Heritage 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 449 miles [722.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Heritage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Heritage 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Heritage 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 Heritage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7999, Longitude: -79.8526       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.645 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.54 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.836 degrees.