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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 Calvary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Calvary 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 Mount Calvary:
- 34.431551, -79.327545
- 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 Calvary
- 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 Dillon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dillon County
- Since Mount Calvary is near Robeson County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Calvary
Communities Also Named Mount Calvary ...
We found four communities that are also named Mount Calvary.
Within South Carolina, the name Mount Calvary is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Twiggs County
- This Mount Calvary is located in Twiggs County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Calvary that is located in Dillon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Twiggs County community of Mount Calvary.
- Texas
- Panola 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 Texas community of Mount Calvary [Panola County].
- West Virginia
- Ohio 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 West Virginia community of Mount Calvary [Ohio County].
- Wisconsin
- Fond du Lac County
- This Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount Calvary that is located in Dillon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Mount Calvary.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Calvary ...
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.
- Bass Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cotton Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Valley is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Valley
- Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- High Hill Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Crossroads
- Little Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mallory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mallory is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
- May Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- May Hilltop is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hilltop
- Oliver Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oliver Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Crossroads
- Squires
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Squires is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
- Temperance Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Temperance Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hill
How Far From Mount Calvary 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 Calvary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Calvary and extending to:
- Dillon, which is the Seat of Dillon County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Calvary to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 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- Mount Calvary) 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 Mount Calvary 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 Mount Calvary 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 Calvary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4316, Longitude: -79.3275 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Calvary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.36 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.448 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.164 degrees. |
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