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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 Moorefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moorefield 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 Moorefield:
    • 33.288776, -80.168698
    • 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 Moorefield
  • 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 Moorefield is near Orangeburg County and also Clarendon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarendon 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 Moorefield

Communities Also Named Moorefield ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Moorefield.

Within South Carolina, the name Moorefield is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This Moorefield is located in Chambers County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the west of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Moorefield.
      • Talladega County
      • This Moorefield is located in Talladega County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the west of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Moorefield.
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • This Moorefield is located in Independence County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Moorefield.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Moorefield [Marion County].
      • Switzerland County
      • This Moorefield is located in Switzerland County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Moorefield.
    • Kentucky
      • Nicholas County
      • This Moorefield is located in Nicholas County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Moorefield.
    • Nebraska
      • Frontier County
      • This Moorefield is located in Frontier County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frontier County community of Moorefield.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Moorefield lies 1,221 miles [1,965 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Moorefield [Clark County].
      • Harrison County
      • This Moorefield is located in Harrison County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the north of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Moorefield.
    • Ontario
      • This Moorefield lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the north of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • This Moorefield is located in Hardy County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the north of the Moorefield that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Moorefield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moorefield ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cross
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cross Cross Roads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cross Cross Roads is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Cross Roads
  • Ebenezer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ebenezer is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Green Hill ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Hope ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hope is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Mudville ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mudville is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
  • Pigeon Bay ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pigeon Bay is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Bay
  • Sandridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
  • Spring Plain ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Spring Plain is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Plain
  • Sugar Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
  • Tuckertown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
  • Tugtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tugtown is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugtown

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

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

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Moorefield to Moncks Corner, 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 69 miles [111 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 424 miles [682.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,850 miles [7,805.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Moorefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Moorefield 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.
<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 Moorefield 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 Moorefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2888, Longitude: -80.1687       In this case, the coordinates for Moorefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.826 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.819 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.812 degrees.