Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Old Vat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Vat and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Old Vat

• 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 Vat:
  • 32.931840, -79.848416
  • 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 Vat

• 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
  • Since Old Vat 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 Old Vat

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Vat ...

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.

• Charity
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Charity is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
• Gold Cup Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Gold Cup Springs is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Cup Springs
• Martins Point Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Martins Point Landing is located in Charleston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Point Landing
• Mount Pleasant
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Charleston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 92,799 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <1>
• Parish Place
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Parish Place is located in Charleston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Place
• Red Bank Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Red Bank Landing is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Landing
• Red Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Red Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Ten Mile
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ten Mile is located in Charleston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
• Yellow House ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Yellow House is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House
• Yellow House Landing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Yellow House Landing is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Landing

How Far From Old Vat 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 Old Vat 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 Old Vat once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Vat and extending to:

• Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Vat to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,850 miles [7,805.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'