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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 Panola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panola 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 Panola:
- 33.657505, -80.409950
- 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 Panola
- 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 Clarendon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarendon County
- Since Panola is near Sumter County and also Orangeburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Panola
Communities Also Named Panola ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Panola.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Panola.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Greenwood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Panola [Greenwood County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Crenshaw County
- This Panola is located in Crenshaw County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Panola.
- Sumter County
- This Panola is located in Sumter County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km] to the west of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Panola.
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Panola [Lonoke County].
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This Panola is located in DeKalb County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the west of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Panola.
- Illinois
- Woodford County
- This Panola is located in Woodford County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Panola.
- Kentucky
- Madison County
- This Panola is located in Madison County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Panola.
- Louisiana
- East Carroll Parish
- This Panola is located in East Carroll Parish and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<2> to the west of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Carroll Parish community of Panola.
- Michigan
- Iron County
- This Panola is located in Iron County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Panola.
- Minnesota
- Chisago County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Chisago County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Panola.
- Oklahoma
- Latimer County
- This Panola is located in Latimer County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<2> to the west of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latimer County community of Panola.
- Texas
- Panola County
- This Panola is located in Panola County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<2> to the west of the Panola that is located in Clarendon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Panola.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Panola ...
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.
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bonanza is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- James Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- James Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Crossroads
- Jordan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Juneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Juneville is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneville
- Log Jam Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Log Jam Landing is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Jam Landing
- Lone Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Polly Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Polly Landing is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Landing
- Privateer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Privateer is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
- Rodgers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rodgers is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Silver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stokes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Tina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tina is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
How Far From Panola 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 Panola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Panola and extending to:
- Manning, which is the Seat of Clarendon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Panola to Manning, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 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>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Panola 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Panola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Panola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Panola 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 Panola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6575, Longitude: -80.4099 In this case, the coordinates for Panola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.966 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.032 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.795 degrees. |
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