Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hoodtown:
  • 34.900412, -81.402033
  • 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 Hoodtown

• 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
  • Since Hoodtown is near Cherokee County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Hoodtown

Communities Also Named Hoodtown ...

We found one communities that are also named Hoodtown.

Within South Carolina, the name Hoodtown is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Hoodtown in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Mississippi
    • Copiah County
    • This Hoodtown is located in Copiah County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hoodtown that is located in York County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Hoodtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoodtown ...

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.

• Beauty Spot ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Beauty Spot is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Spot
• Borax ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Borax is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
• Bullock Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bullock Creek is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Creek
• Cotton ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cotton is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
• Hickory Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hickory Grove is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Grove <2>
• Hopewell
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopewell is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Island Ferry
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Island Ferry is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ferry
• No Mans Land ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • No Mans Land is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Mans Land
• Pine Tree ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Tree is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree

How Far From Hoodtown 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 include the distance from a community such as Hoodtown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hoodtown to York, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 366 miles [589 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'