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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 Metz Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Metz Store 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 Metz Store:
- 32.991836, -80.490101
- 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 Metz Store
- 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Metz Store is near Dorchester County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Metz Store
Curious and Interesting Names Near Metz Store ...
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.
- Burr Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Burr Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Cottageville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Goodhope Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goodhope Landing is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope Landing
- Holly Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Ridge is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Norman Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Norman Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Landing
- Prices Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prices Landing is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Landing
- Red Oak Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak Corner is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Corner
- Round O
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Metz Store 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 Metz Store 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<2> community of Metz Store once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Metz Store and extending to:
- Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Metz Store to Walterboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 451 miles [725.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,877 miles [7,848.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Metz Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Metz Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Metz Store 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 Metz Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9918, Longitude: -80.4901 In this case, the coordinates for Metz Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.001 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.977 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.012 degrees. |
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