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Tidbits & Trivia

Introduction ...

Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Hibernian Heights.

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Hibernian Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hibernian Heights 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 Hibernian Heights:
    • 32.827398, -79.949532<1>
    • 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 Hibernian Heights
  • 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 Hibernian Heights 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 Hibernian Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hibernian Heights ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Avian Park is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avian Park
  • Bayfront
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bayfront is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfront
  • Creekside Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Creekside Park is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Park
  • Dogwood Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dogwood Gardens is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Gardens
  • Edgewater Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgewater Park is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Ferndale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferndale is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Forest Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Forest Lakes is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lakes
  • Garden Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Garden Hill is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
  • Green Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Acres is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Grove is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Greenwood Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Greenwood Park is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
  • Grove Creek Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Grove Creek Village is also located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Harbor View
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Harbor View is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
    • Heathwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Heathwood is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
    • Heritage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Heritage is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
    • Hickory Shadows
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Hickory Shadows is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Shadows
    • Hillside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillside is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
    • Indigo Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Indigo Point is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Point
    • Joshua
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Joshua is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
    • Laurel Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Laurel Park is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
    • Liberty Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberty Hills is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
    • Liberty Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberty Park is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
    • Magnolia Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Ranch is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ranch
    • Marsh Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Marsh Cove is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cove
    • Maryville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Maryville is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
    • Miltons Ferry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Miltons Ferry is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltons Ferry
    • Parish Place
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Parish Place is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Place
    • Parsonage Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Parsonage Point is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Point
    • Pinecrest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinecrest is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Shady Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shady Grove is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Singing Pines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Singing Pines is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Pines
    • Stone Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone Park is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Park
    • Union Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Union Heights is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Heights
    • Woodlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is also located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Yellow House ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Yellow House was located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House
    • Yellow House Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Yellow House Landing is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Landing

How Far From Hibernian Heights 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 included the distance from a community such as Hibernian Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the South.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hibernian Heights to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 three full 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Footnotes ...

<1>GPS Coordinates for Hibernian Heights:
     Decimal: 32.82739, -79.949532
     DDMMSS: 32° 49' 38", -79° 56' 58"
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hibernian Heights) 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 Hibernian Heights 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 Hibernian Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8274, Longitude: -79.9495       In this case, the coordinates for Hibernian Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.699 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.606 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.863 degrees.