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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 Mount Beulah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Beulah 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 Mount Beulah:
    • 33.443478, -81.536218
    • 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 Mount Beulah
  • 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 Aiken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken County
    • Since Mount Beulah is near Barnwell County and also Orangeburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barnwell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg 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 Mount Beulah

Communities Also Named Mount Beulah ...

We found one communities that are also named Mount Beulah.

Within South Carolina, the name Mount Beulah is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Mount Beulah in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Hart County
      • This Mount Beulah is located in Hart County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mount Beulah that is located in Aiken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Mount Beulah.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Beulah ...

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.

  • Dry Branch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dry Branch is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
  • Greenland ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenland is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Hidden Haven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hidden Haven is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Haven
  • Hunters Glen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hunters Glen is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
  • Long Branch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Branch is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Quail Hollow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Roseland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Roseland is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Spring Branch ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Spring Branch is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch

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

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

  • Aiken, which is the Seat of Aiken County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Beulah to Aiken, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 452 miles [727.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Beulah) 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 Mount Beulah 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 Mount Beulah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4435, Longitude: -81.5362       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Beulah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.598 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.728 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.274 degrees.