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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 Irongate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irongate 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 Irongate:
    • 32.460746, -80.785385
    • 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 Irongate
  • 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Since Irongate is near Jasper County and also Colleton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton 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 Irongate

Communities Also Named Irongate ...

We found seven communities that are also named Irongate.

Within South Carolina, the name Irongate is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • This Irongate is located in Bulloch County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the west of the Irongate that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Irongate.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Irongate is located in Carroll County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Irongate that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Irongate.
      • Frederick County
      • This Irongate is located in Frederick County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km] to the north northeast of the Irongate that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Irongate.
    • New York
      • Onondaga 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 New York community of Irongate [Onondaga County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Irongate is located in Wake County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Irongate that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Irongate.
      • Wayne County
      • This Irongate is located in Wayne County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the northeast of the Irongate that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Irongate.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Irongate is located in Hamilton County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Irongate that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Irongate.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Irongate ...

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.

  • Forest Fields
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Fields is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Fields
  • Grays Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grays Hill is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Hill
  • Green Pond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Pond is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
  • Mark Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mark Island is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Island
  • Mink Point Plantation
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mink Point Plantation is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Point Plantation
  • Old House
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Old House is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old House
  • Peace Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Peace Haven is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Haven
  • Pleasant Farm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Farm is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farm
  • Pleasant Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quail Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • River Reach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • River Reach is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Reach
    • Salt Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Salt Creek is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
    • Shell Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
    • Shell Point park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shell Point park is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point park
    • Tanglewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tanglewood is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

How Far From Irongate 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 Irongate to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Irongate 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 491 miles [790.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Irongate) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Irongate 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 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 Irongate 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 Irongate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4607, Longitude: -80.7854       In this case, the coordinates for Irongate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.154 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.077 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.263 degrees.