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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 Midland Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midland Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Midland Park:
    • 32.920729, -80.040644
    • 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 Midland Park
  • 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 Charleston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
    • Since Midland Park is near Berkeley County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Midland Park

Communities Also Named Midland Park ...

We found four communities that are also named Midland Park.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Midland Park.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Berkeley 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 South Carolina community of Midland Park [Berkeley County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Midland Park is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Midland Park that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Midland Park.
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Midland Park is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Midland Park that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Midland Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen 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 New Jersey community of Midland Park [Bergen County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Midland Park ...

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.

  • Deer Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Dominion Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Dominion Hills is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
  • Ferndale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ferndale is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Forestdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Forestdale is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Gold Cup Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gold Cup Springs is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Cup Springs
  • Harbour Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harbour Lake is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Lake
  • Lakeview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lambs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lambs is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs
  • Liberty Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Hills is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
  • Liberty Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pepperhill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pepperhill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperhill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Riverbend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverbend is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Shady Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Singing Pines
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Singing Pines is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Pines
    • University Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • University Park is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Midland Park 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 Midland Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midland Park and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Midland Park to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 445 miles [716.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 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 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 Midland Park 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- Midland Park) 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 Midland Park 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 Midland Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9207, Longitude: -80.0406       In this case, the coordinates for Midland Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.75 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.679 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.869 degrees.