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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 Meeks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meeks 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 Meeks:
- 34.202100, -79.711728
- 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 Meeks
- 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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Since Meeks is near Darlington County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darlington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Meeks
Communities Also Named Meeks ...
We found six communities that are also named Meeks.
Within South Carolina, the name Meeks is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Emanuel 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 Georgia community of Meeks [Emanuel County].
- Johnson County
- This Meeks is located in Johnson County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Meeks that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Meeks.
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- This Meeks is located in Vermilion County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Meeks that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Meeks.
- Kentucky
- Boyd 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 Kentucky community of Meeks [Boyd County].
- Mississippi
- Holmes County
- This Meeks is located in Holmes County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<2> to the west of the Meeks that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Meeks.
- Texas
- Bell County
- This Meeks is located in Bell County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<2> to the west of the Meeks that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Meeks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meeks ...
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.
- Florence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glencove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glencove is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencove
- Gregg Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gregg Camp is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Camp
- Hickory Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Landmark Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Landmark Woods is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark Woods
- Malibu
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Malibu is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
- Mars Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
- Ponderosa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Price Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Price Crossroads is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Crossroads
- Sandridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sandridge is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
- Siesta Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Siesta Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
- Williams Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Williams Heights is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
- Woodland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Park is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Meeks to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Meeks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Meeks and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Florence County, lies just to the West.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Meeks to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 356 miles [572.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Meeks 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 '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- Meeks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Meeks 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 Meeks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2021, Longitude: -79.7117 In this case, the coordinates for Meeks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.576 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.664 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.377 degrees. |
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