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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 Kingswood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingswood 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 Kingswood:
    • 33.852117, -78.648626
    • 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 Kingswood
  • 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 Kingswood is near Brunswick County and also Columbus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Kingswood

Communities Also Named Kingswood ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Kingswood.

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

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Richland County
      • This Kingswood is located in Richland County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the west of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Kingswood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Elmore County
      • This Kingswood is located in Elmore County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the west of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Kingswood.
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • This Kingswood is located in Bulloch County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Kingswood.
      • Clarke County
      • This Kingswood is located in Clarke County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km] to the west of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Kingswood.
      • Fayette County
      • This Kingswood is located in Fayette County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km] to the west of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kingswood.
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge County
      • This Kingswood is located in Breckinridge County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Kingswood.
    • Louisiana
      • Orleans Parish
      • This Kingswood is located in Orleans Parish and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans Parish community of Kingswood.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Kingswood is located in Harford County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Kingswood.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 Jersey community of Kingswood [Camden County].
      • Hunterdon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Kingswood [Hunterdon County].
    • New Mexico
      • Lincoln 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 Mexico community of Kingswood [Lincoln County].
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Kingswood is located in Henderson County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Kingswood.
      • Iredell County
      • This Kingswood is located in Iredell County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the northwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Kingswood.
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Kingswood is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 151 miles [243 km] to the northwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Kingswood.
      • Union County
      • This Kingswood is located in Union County and lies 133 miles [214 km] to the northwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Kingswood.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Kingswood is located in Hamblen County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Kingswood.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Kingswood is located in Dallas County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the west of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Kingswood.
    • Virginia
      • James City County
      • This Kingswood is located in James City County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Kingswood.
      • Nelson County
      • This Kingswood is located in Nelson County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the north of the Kingswood that is located in Horry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Kingswood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingswood ...

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.

  • Cedar Creek Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
  • Creekside
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Creekside is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
  • Crescent Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent Beach is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
  • Forest Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Lake is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Golf View Plantation
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Golf View Plantation is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Plantation
  • Heritage Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Heritage Shores is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Shores
  • Little River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Nixons Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Nixons Crossroads is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixons Crossroads
  • Timber Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Timber Ridge is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge

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

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

  • Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Kingswood to Conway, 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.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Kingswood) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kingswood 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 Kingswood 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 Kingswood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8521, Longitude: -78.6486       In this case, the coordinates for Kingswood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.984 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.933 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.091 degrees.