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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 Old Saint George, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Saint George 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 Old Saint George:
- 33.171274, -80.612320
- 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 Old Saint George
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Old Saint George is near Colleton County and also Orangeburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg 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 Old Saint George
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Saint George ...
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.
- Cat Hole
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cat Hole is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Hole
- Cattle Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cattle Creek is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattle Creek
- Cow Tail ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cow Tail is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Tail
- Fifty Eight ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fifty Eight is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Eight
- Giant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Giant is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giant
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Johnsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Johnsville is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Lincoln Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Green is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Green
- Red Bank ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Springtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springtown is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Sugar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Texas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Texas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
How Far From Old Saint George to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Saint George to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Saint George and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Old Saint George to Columbia, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Saint George) 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 Old Saint George 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 Old Saint George. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1713, Longitude: -80.6123 In this case, the coordinates for Old Saint George have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.072 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.085 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.007 degrees. |
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