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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 Kellytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kellytown 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 Kellytown:
    • 34.247925, -80.733972
    • 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 Kellytown
  • 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 Kershaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kershaw County
    • Since Kellytown is near Fairfield County and also Richland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 Kellytown

Communities Also Named Kellytown ...

We found five communities that are also named Kellytown.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Kellytown.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Darlington County
      • This Kellytown is located in Darlington County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kellytown that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Kellytown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Kellytown is located in Douglas County and lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kellytown that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kellytown.
    • Georgia
      • Henry 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 Georgia community of Kellytown [Henry County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Kellytown is located in Clearfield County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kellytown that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Kellytown.
      • Tioga County
      • This Kellytown is located in Tioga County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km] to the north northeast of the Kellytown that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Kellytown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kellytown ...

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.

  • Bee Tree ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bee Tree is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Tree
  • Cedar Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Four Seasons
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Four Seasons is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
  • Gents Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gents Crossing is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gents Crossing
  • Knights Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knights Hill is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Hill
  • Lugoff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pecan Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Pecan Orchard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pecan Orchard is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Orchard
  • Pepper Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pepper Ridge is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Ridge
  • Pine Mark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pine Mark is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mark
  • Sandwood Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sandwood Hills is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwood Hills
  • Thunderwoods
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Thunderwoods is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderwoods

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

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

  • Camden, which is the Seat of Kershaw County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Kellytown to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kellytown) 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 Kellytown 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 Kellytown 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 Kellytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2479, Longitude: -80.7340       In this case, the coordinates for Kellytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.155 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.334 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.748 degrees.