Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Iron Crossroads:
  • 32.872951, -80.488714
  • 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 Iron 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
  • Since Iron Crossroads is near Charleston County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Iron Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Iron 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.

• Burnt Church Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Burnt Church Crossroads is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Church Crossroads
• Burr Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Burr Hill is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
• Cottageville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cottageville is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottageville <1>
• Gloverville
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Gloverville is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloverville
• Goodhope Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodhope Landing is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope Landing
• Long Creek Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Creek Landing is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek Landing
• Martins Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Martins Landing is located in Charleston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
• Pringle Bend
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pringle Bend is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle Bend
• Red Oak Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Red Oak Corner is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Corner
• Round O
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Round O is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round O
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round O <1>

How Far From Iron Crossroads 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 Iron 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 Iron Crossroads and extending to:

• Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Iron Crossroads to Walterboro, 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 83 miles [133.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 458 miles [737.1 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 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'