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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 Knowles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knowles and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Knowles:
    • 32.509632, -80.858163
    • 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 Knowles
  • 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
    • Since Knowles is near Beaufort County and also Hampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampton 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 Knowles

Communities Also Named Knowles ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Knowles.

Within South Carolina, the name Knowles is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Madera County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Knowles [Madera County].
      • Sierra County
      • This community is historic and although located in Sierra County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Knowles.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Knowles is located in Hillsborough County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Knowles that is located in Jasper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Knowles.
    • Indiana
      • Gibson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Knowles [Gibson County].
    • Kansas
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Knowles [Washington County].
    • Louisiana
      • Lincoln Parish
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Knowles [Lincoln Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Knowles is located in Frederick County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Knowles that is located in Jasper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Knowles.
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Knowles [Montgomery County].
    • Mississippi
      • Copiah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Knowles [Copiah County].
    • Montana
      • Sanders County
      • This Knowles is located in Sanders County and lies 2,041 miles [3,284.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Knowles that is located in Jasper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Knowles.
    • New Mexico
      • Lea County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Knowles [Lea County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Beaver County
      • This Knowles is located in Beaver County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Knowles that is located in Jasper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Knowles.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dodge County
      • This Knowles is located in Dodge County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Knowles that is located in Jasper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Knowles.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Knowles ...

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.

  • Forest Fields
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Fields is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Fields
  • Gardens Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gardens Corner is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardens Corner
  • Grahamville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Grahamville is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
  • Grays Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Grays Hill is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Hill
  • Irongate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Irongate is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
  • Old House
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Old House is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old House
  • Peace Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Peace Haven is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Haven
  • Pleasant Farm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Farm is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farm
  • Quail Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Ricetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ricetown is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown
  • River Reach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • River Reach is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Reach
  • Salt Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Salt Creek is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek

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

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

  • Ridgeland, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Knowles to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,914 miles [7,908.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Knowles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Knowles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Knowles 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.
<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 Knowles 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 Knowles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5096, Longitude: -80.8582       In this case, the coordinates for Knowles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.195 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.132 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.276 degrees.