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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 Limehouse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Limehouse 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 Limehouse:
    • 32.212701, -81.070667
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Limehouse
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Limehouse ...

We found two communities that share the name Limehouse.

There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Limehouse.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Limehouse in the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Charleston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Limehouse [Charleston County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • This Limehouse lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<2> to the north of the Limehouse that is located in Jasper County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Limehouse ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • Clearview is located in Chatham County (GA)
  • Cook Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Landing
    • Cook Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Garden City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • General Hamiltons Settlement ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for General Hamiltons Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for General Hamiltons Settlement
    • General Hamiltons Settlement is located in Jasper County
  • Glasgow Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Landing
    • Glasgow Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Good Hope Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Landing
    • Good Hope Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Mill Stone Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Stone Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Stone Landing
    • Mill Stone Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Mulberry Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
    • Mulberry Grove is located in Chatham County (GA)
  • Wheat Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheat Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
    • Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County (GA)

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

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

  • Ridgeland, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Limehouse to Ridgeland, with an average speed<5> 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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 514 miles [827.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,050 miles [11,345.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,937 miles [7,945.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Limehouse. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jasper County: www.jaspercountysc.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Limehouse 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.
<2>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- Limehouse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Limehouse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2127, Longitude: -81.0707       In this case, the coordinates for Limehouse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Limehouse to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.305 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.216 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.431 degrees.









 

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