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 Jenkinsville:
34.269016, -81.288267
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 Jenkinsville
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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Jenkinsville.
Within South Carolina, the name Jenkinsville is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Putnam County
This Jenkinsville is located in Putnam County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the northwest of the Jenkinsville that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Jenkinsville.
Kentucky
Washington County
This Jenkinsville is located in Washington County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Jenkinsville that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Jenkinsville.
Tennessee
Dyer County
This Jenkinsville is located in Dyer County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Jenkinsville that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Jenkinsville.
Wisconsin
Lafayette County
This Jenkinsville is located in Lafayette County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Jenkinsville that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Jenkinsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jenkinsville ...
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.
Cravenhill ‑ Historic (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Jenkinsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jenkinsville and extending to:
Winnsboro, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jenkinsville to Winnsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jenkinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Jenkinsville 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 Jenkinsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2690, Longitude: -81.2883
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.471 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.701 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.953 degrees.