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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 Lugoff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lugoff 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 Lugoff:
- 34.227287, -80.689523
- 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 Lugoff
- 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 Kershaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kershaw County
- Since Lugoff is near Richland County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Lugoff
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lugoff ...
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.
- Four Seasons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Kellytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kellytown is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
- Pecan Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Grove is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Pecan Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Orchard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Orchard
- Pepper Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pepper Ridge is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Ridge
- Pine Mark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mark is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mark
- Sandwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sandwood Hills is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwood Hills
- Thunderwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Thunderwoods is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderwoods
How Far From Lugoff 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 Lugoff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lugoff and extending to:
- Camden, which is the Seat of Kershaw County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Lugoff to Columbia, with an average speed<2> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,258 miles [10,071.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 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- Lugoff) 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 Lugoff 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 Lugoff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2273, Longitude: -80.6895 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.129 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.302 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.737 degrees. |
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