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 Maryville:
33.342667, -79.296719
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 Maryville
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 Georgetown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Maryville.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Maryville.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Charleston County
This Maryville is located in Charleston County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Maryville.
Spartanburg County
This Maryville is located in Spartanburg County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Maryville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This Maryville is located in Etowah County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the west of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Maryville.
Illinois
Madison County
This Maryville is located in Madison County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Maryville.
Iowa
Fayette County
This Maryville is located in Fayette County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Maryville.
Missouri
Nodaway County
This Maryville is located in Nodaway County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Maryville.
Nova Scotia
This Maryville lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Maryville is located in Blount County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Maryville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Maryville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maryville ...
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.
Caring Cross Ferry (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Caring Cross Ferry is located in Georgetown County
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 Maryville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maryville and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Maryville to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Maryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Maryville 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 Maryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3427, Longitude: -79.2967 In this case, the coordinates for Maryville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.343 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.271 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.48 degrees.