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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 Isgett Circle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Isgett Circle 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 Isgett Circle:
    • 34.701545, -79.935897
    • 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 Isgett Circle
  • 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Since Isgett Circle is near Marlboro County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Isgett Circle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Isgett Circle ...

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.

  • Cash
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cash is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
  • Everetts ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Everetts is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
  • Everetts Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Everetts Mill is located in Richmond County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Mill
  • Fisher Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fisher Hill is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
  • Hunts Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunts Mill is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Mill
  • Hunts Spring ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunts Spring is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Spring
  • Little Mountain ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Mountain is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
  • Rivers ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rivers is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Isgett Circle and extending to:

  • Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Isgett Circle to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,779 miles [7,691.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Isgett Circle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Isgett Circle 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 Isgett Circle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7015, Longitude: -79.9359       In this case, the coordinates for Isgett Circle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.702 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.881 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.311 degrees.