Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mount Croghan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Croghan and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Croghan

• 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 Croghan:
  • 34.769342, -80.226819
  • 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 Croghan

• 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
  • Since Mount Croghan is near Anson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Croghan

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Croghan ...

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.

• Deep Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Deep Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
• Evans Mill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Evans Mill is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Mill
• Jones Creek ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
• Lees Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lees Crossroads is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossroads
• Littles Quarters
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Littles Quarters is located in Anson County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Quarters
• Long Pine
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Long Pine is located in Anson County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pine
• Maysville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Maysville is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Pageland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pageland is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,535 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pageland <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pageland
  • From Mount Croghan to Pageland
• Rivers ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Rivers is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers
• Ruby
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ruby
  • From Mount Croghan to Ruby

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mount Croghan and extending to:

• Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Croghan to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'