Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Little Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Mountain and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Little Mountain
- 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 Little Mountain:
- 34.795989, -79.861173
- 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 Little Mountain
- 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 Marlboro County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
- Since Little Mountain is near Richmond County and also Anson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- eBird sighting report for Anson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Little Mountain ...
We found five communities that share the name Little Mountain.
There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Little Mountain.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Newberry County
- This Little Mountain is located in Newberry County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Little Mountain that is located in Marlboro County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newberry County community of Little Mountain.
- Newberry County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- McDowell 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 North Carolina community of Little Mountain [McDowell County].
- Ohio
- Lake County
- This Little Mountain is located in Lake County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the north of the Little Mountain that is located in Marlboro County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Little Mountain.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Little Mountain is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Little Mountain that is located in Marlboro County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Little Mountain.
- Weber County
- This Little Mountain is located in Weber County and lies 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km] to the west northwest of the Little Mountain that is located in Marlboro County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Little Mountain.
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Mountain ...
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.
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Cash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Everetts ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Everetts Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everetts Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Mill
- Everetts Mill is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Fisher Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
- Fisher Hill is located in Chesterfield County
- Five Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Green Pond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Green Pond is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Hamlet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Hamlet is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamlet <4>
- Honey Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Hunts Spring ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Spring
- Hunts Spring is located in Chesterfield County
- Knob Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Maplewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Paris ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Piney Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Quick Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quick Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick Crossroads
- Quick Crossroads is located in Marlboro County
- Rivers ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paris ‑ Historic
How Far From Little Mountain 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 Little Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Little Mountain once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Mountain and extending to:
- Bennettsville, which is the Seat of Marlboro County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Mountain to Bennettsville, with an average speed<6> 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Marlboro County: www.marlborocounty.sc.gov/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Mountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7960, Longitude: -79.8612 In this case, the coordinates for Little Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Little Mountain 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> | 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> | 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 Little Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Little Mountain to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.66 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.846 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.254 degrees. |