Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Orchard Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orchard Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Orchard Hill
- 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 Orchard Hill:
- 33.025448, -80.222595
- 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 Orchard Hill
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Orchard Hill is near Charleston County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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
Communities Also Named Orchard Hill ...
We found six communities that share the name Orchard Hill.
Within South Carolina, the name Orchard Hill is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Spalding County
- This Orchard Hill is located in Spalding County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the west of the Orchard Hill that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spalding County community of Orchard Hill.
- Maryland
- Kent County
- This Orchard Hill is located in Kent County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Orchard Hill that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Orchard Hill.
- Michigan
- Alpena County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orchard Hill [Alpena County].
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- This Orchard Hill is located in Gallia County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Orchard Hill that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Orchard Hill.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Orchard Hill is located in Westmoreland County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the north of the Orchard Hill that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Orchard Hill.
- York County
- This Orchard Hill is located in York County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km] to the north northeast of the Orchard Hill that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Orchard Hill.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orchard Hill ...
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.
- Corey Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corey Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey Point
- Corey Point is located in Dorchester County
- Corey Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corey Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey Wood
- Corey Wood is located in Dorchester County
- Cotton Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Cotton Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Flowertown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
- Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
- Hunters Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
- Hunters Creek is located in Dorchester County
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Dorchester County
- Knightsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Knightsville is located in Dorchester County
- Lotts Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lotts Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Crossroads
- Lotts Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
- Pecan Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Pecan Grove is located in Dorchester County
- Rosehill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Sweetbriar
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetbriar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
- Sweetbriar is located in Dorchester County
- Tea Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Trotters Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trotters Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotters Ridge
- Trotters Ridge is located in Dorchester County
- Twin Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Orchard Hill 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 Orchard Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orchard Hill and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Orchard Hill to Saint George, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 81 miles [130.4 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 442 miles [711.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orchard Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dorchester County: www.dorchestercounty.net/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orchard Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orchard Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0254, Longitude: -80.2226 In this case, the coordinates for Orchard Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Orchard Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Orchard Hill 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 309.853 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.811 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.905 degrees. |