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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 Nixonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nixonville 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 Nixonville:
- 33.835169, -78.881807
- 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 Nixonville
- 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
- Since Nixonville is near Columbus County and also Brunswick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick 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 Nixonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nixonville ...
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.
- Cane Patch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Patch is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Patch
- College Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- College Park is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Dogwood Neck ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dogwood Neck is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Neck
- Dunes Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dunes Cove is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes Cove
- Forest Dunes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Dunes is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dunes
- Grahamville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grahamville is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Green Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lakes is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lakes
- Hand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Shore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Long Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Long Bay is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bay
- Ocean Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ocean Forest is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Forest
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pine Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Island is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Plantation Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Plantation Point is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Point
- Red Bluff Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff Ferry is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Ferry
- Shell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shell is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell
- Skimmer Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skimmer Bay is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skimmer Bay
- Star Bluff Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- University Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- University Forest is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Forest
How Far From Nixonville 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 community such as Nixonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Nixonville and extending to:
- Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Nixonville to Conway, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 364 miles [585.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,768 miles [7,673.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nixonville) 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 Nixonville 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 Nixonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8352, Longitude: -78.8818 In this case, the coordinates for Nixonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.113 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.079 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.181 degrees. |
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