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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 High Hill Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to High Hill Crossroads 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 High Hill Crossroads:
- 34.344051, -79.217264
- 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 High Hill Crossroads
- 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 Dillon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dillon County
- Since High Hill Crossroads is near Robeson County and also Horry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Horry 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 High Hill Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near High Hill Crossroads ...
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.
- Cotton Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Valley is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Valley
- Fair Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Five Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Floyds Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Floyds Crossroads is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyds Crossroads
- Floyds Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Floyds Ferry is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyds Ferry
- Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- May Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- May Hilltop is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hilltop
- Oliver Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Crossroads
- Squires
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Squires is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
- Temperance Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Temperance Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hill
- Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From High Hill Crossroads 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 community such as High Hill Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in High Hill Crossroads and extending to:
- Dillon, which is the Seat of Dillon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from High Hill Crossroads to Dillon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 336 miles [540.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- High Hill Crossroads) 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 High Hill Crossroads 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 High Hill Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3441, Longitude: -79.2173 In this case, the coordinates for High Hill Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.298 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.365 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.15 degrees. |
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