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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 Neyles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neyles 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 Neyles:
- 32.825175, -80.558437
- 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 Neyles
- 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Neyles is near Charleston County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Neyles
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neyles ...
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.
- Burnt Church Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burr Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burr Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Catholic Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catholic Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Hill
- Cottageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gloverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gloverville is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloverville
- Green Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Crossroads is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Crossroads
- Ponpon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ponpon is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponpon
- Pringle Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pringle Bend is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle Bend
- Round O
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Neyles 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 Neyles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Neyles and extending to:
- Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Neyles 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 463 miles [745.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Neyles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Neyles 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 Neyles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8252, Longitude: -80.5584 In this case, the coordinates for Neyles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.036 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.993 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.083 degrees. |
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