Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 New Cut:
  • 34.778761, -80.673122
  • 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 New Cut

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Cut ...

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.

• Crocketts Crossroad
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Crocketts Crossroad is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Crossroad
• Doctor Sapps Crossroads
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Doctor Sapps Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Sapps Crossroads
• Dwight Crossroads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dwight Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Crossroads
• Fork Hill Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Fork Hill Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Hill Crossroads
• Quail Haven
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Quail Haven is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Haven
• Rich Hill Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rich Hill Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Crossroads
• Roughedge
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Roughedge is located in Union County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roughedge
• Smoke Rise
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Smoke Rise is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
• Tradesville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Tradesville is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville
• Trinity
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
• Union
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
• Unity
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Unity is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
• Walkersville ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Walkersville is located in Union County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
• Wolf Pond Cross Roads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Wolf Pond Cross Roads is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pond Cross Roads

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Cut and extending to:

• Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from New Cut to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,809 miles [7,739.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'