RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of South Carolina >> Horry County >> Ketchuptown >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Ketchuptown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ketchuptown 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 Ketchuptown:
    • 34.102110, -79.155318
    • 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 Ketchuptown
  • 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
    • Since Ketchuptown is near Marion County and also Columbus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus 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 Ketchuptown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ketchuptown ...

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.

  • Cartwheel Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cartwheel Landing is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwheel Landing
  • Cool Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cool Spring is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
  • Floyds Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Floyds Crossroads is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyds Crossroads
  • Floyds Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Floyds Ferry is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyds Ferry
  • Gapway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gapway is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapway
  • Jones Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jones Crossroads is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
  • Lewisville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewisville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Pages ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pages is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages
  • Pitch Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pitch Landing is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitch Landing
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Playcards
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Playcards is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playcards
    • Pleasant View
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant View is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Polecat Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Polecat Landing is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polecat Landing
    • Poplar Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Poplar Hill is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
    • Rains
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Red Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Hill is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ketchuptown and extending to:

  • Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ketchuptown to Conway, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 351 miles [564.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,769 miles [7,675 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Ketchuptown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Ketchuptown 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 Ketchuptown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1021, Longitude: -79.1553       In this case, the coordinates for Ketchuptown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.265 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.291 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.201 degrees.