Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in No Mans Land, we use the following websites to find information relevant to No Mans Land and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for No Mans Land

• 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 No Mans Land:
  • 34.780135, -81.467041
  • 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 No Mans Land

• 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Since No Mans Land is near Chester County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 No Mans Land

Curious and Interesting Names Near No Mans Land ...

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.

• Beauty Spot ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Beauty Spot is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Spot
• Borax ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Borax is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
• Bullock Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bullock Creek is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Creek
• Cotton ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cotton is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
• Gregory ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gregory is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
• Kelly
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Kelly is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
• Monarch
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Monarch is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
• Neal Shoals
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Neal Shoals is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Shoals
• Pine Tree ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Tree is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
• Red Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Hill is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Woods Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Woods Ferry is located in Chester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry
• Worthys Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Worthys Ferry is located in Chester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthys Ferry

How Far From No Mans Land 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 No Mans Land to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of No Mans Land once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in No Mans Land and extending to:

• Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from No Mans Land to Union, with an average speed<3> 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 59 miles [95 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 375 miles [603.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'