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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 Hunter Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hunter Hill 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 Hunter Hill:
- 33.532098, -80.860925
- 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 Hunter Hill
- 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 Orangeburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Since Hunter Hill is near Calhoun County and also Bamberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bamberg 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 Hunter Hill
Communities Also Named Hunter Hill ...
We found two communities that are also named Hunter Hill.
Within South Carolina, the name Hunter Hill is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Washington County
- This Hunter Hill is located in Washington County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hunter Hill that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hunter Hill.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania community of Hunter Hill [Montgomery County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hunter Hill ...
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.
- Creekmoor
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creekmoor is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekmoor
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hillview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillview is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Marshall Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marshall Heights is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Meadowridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadowridge is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Orangeburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pecanway Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pecanway Terrace is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecanway Terrace
- Pine Needles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Needles is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
- Pine Tops
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Tops is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tops
- Quicktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quicktown is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicktown
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosewood is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Turkey Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Turkey Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
- Windy Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Windy Hills is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
How Far From Hunter Hill 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 Hunter Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hunter Hill and extending to:
- Orangeburg, which is the Seat of Orangeburg County, lies just to the South.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Hunter Hill to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hunter Hill) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hunter Hill 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 Hunter Hill 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 Hunter Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5321, Longitude: -80.8609 In this case, the coordinates for Hunter Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.218 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.304 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.998 degrees. |
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