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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
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) - Gold Cup Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Cup Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Cup Springs
- Gold Cup Springs is located in Berkeley County
- Martins Point Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Point Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Point Landing
- Martins Point Landing is located in Charleston County
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Charleston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92,799 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <2>
- Parish Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parish Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Place
- Parish Place is located in Charleston County
- Red Bank Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bank Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Landing
- Red Bank Landing is located in Berkeley County
- Red Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Ten Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Yellow House ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow House have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House
- Yellow House is located in Berkeley County
- Yellow House Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow House Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Landing
- Yellow House Landing is located in Berkeley County
How Far From Old Vat 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 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<3> community of Old Vat once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Old Vat and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Vat to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,850 miles [7,805.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Old Vat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Vat) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Vat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9318, Longitude: -79.8484 In this case, the coordinates for Old Vat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Vat to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.644 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.558 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.797 degrees. |