Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Bethel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Bethel and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Bethel
- 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 Mount Bethel:
- 34.338196, -81.562327
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mount Bethel
- 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 Newberry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Newberry County
- Since Mount Bethel is near Fairfield County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- eBird sighting report for Laurens 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mount Bethel ...
We found seven communities that share the name Mount Bethel.
Within South Carolina, the name Mount Bethel is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- This Mount Bethel is located in Cobb County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the west of the Mount Bethel that is located in Newberry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Mount Bethel.
- New Jersey
- Somerset County
- This Mount Bethel is located in Somerset County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Bethel that is located in Newberry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Mount Bethel.
- Warren County
- This Mount Bethel is located in Warren County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km] to the northeast of the Mount Bethel that is located in Newberry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Mount Bethel.
- North Carolina
- Alexander 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 North Carolina community of Mount Bethel [Alexander County].
- Pennsylvania
- Northampton County
- This Mount Bethel is located in Northampton County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Bethel that is located in Newberry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Mount Bethel.
- Texas
- Hunt County
- This Mount Bethel is located in Hunt County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the west of the Mount Bethel that is located in Newberry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Mount Bethel.
- Panola County
- Although located in Panola County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Mount Bethel.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Bethel ...
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.
- Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Blair is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <3>
- Brickhouse Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickhouse Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhouse Crossroads
- Brickhouse Crossroads is located in Laurens County
- Bush River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush River
- Bush River is located in Newberry County
- Cravenhill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cravenhill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravenhill
- Cravenhill is located in Newberry County
- Deadfall Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadfall Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadfall Crossroads
- Deadfall Crossroads is located in Newberry County
- Devils Cross Roads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devils Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Cross Roads
- Devils Cross Roads is located in Newberry County
- Gary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Longshore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Lylesford ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Prosperity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Prosperity is located in Newberry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prosperity <3>
- Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Fairfield County
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- Silverstreet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverstreet
- Silverstreet is located in Newberry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverstreet <3>
- Spearman ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Stoney Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
- Sueville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Trinity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Newberry County
- Silverstreet
How Far From Mount Bethel 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 Mount Bethel 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<5> community of Mount Bethel once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Bethel and extending to:
- Newberry, which is the Seat of Newberry County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Bethel to Columbia, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 402 miles [647 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Newberry County: www.newberrycounty.net/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mount Bethel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Bethel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3382, Longitude: -81.5623 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Bethel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mount Bethel 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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 Mount Bethel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mount Bethel to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.629 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.892 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.038 degrees. |