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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 Macbeth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Macbeth 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 Macbeth:
- 33.267669, -79.974802
- 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 Macbeth
- 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Macbeth is near Williamsburg County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Macbeth
Communities Also Named Macbeth ...
We found one communities that are also named Macbeth.
Within South Carolina, the name Macbeth is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Macbeth in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Macbeth [Westmoreland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Macbeth ...
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.
- Cherry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Gravel Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Harris Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
- Harristown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harristown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Hickory Grove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Stony Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stony Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Landing
- Sugar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
How Far From Macbeth 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 Macbeth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Macbeth and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Macbeth to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 421 miles [677.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Macbeth 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Macbeth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Macbeth 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 Macbeth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2677, Longitude: -79.9748 In this case, the coordinates for Macbeth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.718 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.692 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.747 degrees. |
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