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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beauty Spot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Spot
- Beauty Spot is located in York County
- Borax ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Bullock Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Creek
- Bullock Creek is located in York County
- Cotton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Gregory ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Kelly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Monarch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Neal Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neal Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Shoals
- Neal Shoals is located in Union County
- Pine Tree ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Red Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Woods Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry
- Woods Ferry is located in Chester County
- Worthys Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worthys Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthys Ferry
- Worthys Ferry is located in Chester County
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<2> community of No Mans Land once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in No Mans Land and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from No Mans Land to Union, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Union County: www.countyofunion.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about No Mans Land, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- No Mans Land) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in No Mans Land. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7801, Longitude: -81.4670 In this case, the coordinates for No Mans Land have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 No Mans Land to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.58 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.899 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.877 degrees. |