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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 Moncks Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moncks Corner 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 Moncks Corner:
- 33.196035, -80.013109
- 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 Moncks Corner
- 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 Moncks Corner 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 Moncks Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moncks Corner ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Fox Bank ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Bank is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bank
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hickory Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Locklair ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locklair is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
- Stony Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stony Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Landing
- Sugar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Tuckertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
How Far From Moncks Corner 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 town such as Moncks Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Moncks Corner and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Moncks Corner to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 427 miles [687.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,274 miles [10,097 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,846 miles [7,798.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Moncks Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Moncks Corner 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 Moncks Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1960, Longitude: -80.0131 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.739 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.705 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.781 degrees. |
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