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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 Lake Secession, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Secession 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 Lake Secession:
    • 34.284553, -82.594574
    • 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 Lake Secession
  • 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 Abbeville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
    • Since Lake Secession is near Anderson County and also Elbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert 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 Lake Secession

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Secession ...

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.

  • Clover Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Clover Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Cold Spring
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cold Spring is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Crafts Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Crafts Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts Ferry
  • Dover ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Duke ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Duke is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Edinburg ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
  • Fairs Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fairs Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairs Crossroads
  • Flat Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Flat Rock is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Harpers Ferry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harpers Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ferry
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Iris
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Iris is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
    • Level Land
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
    • Meadow Fields
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Meadow Fields is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fields
    • Parks Ferry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Parks Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Ferry
    • Rocky River ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Rocky River is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky River
    • Storeville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Storeville is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storeville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lake Secession and extending to:

  • Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Secession to Abbeville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 91 miles [146.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 443 miles [712.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,917 miles [7,913.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Secession) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Lake Secession 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 Lake Secession. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2846, Longitude: -82.5946       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Secession have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.224 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.568 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.452 degrees.