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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 Parkdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkdale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Parkdale:
    • 32.782121, -80.043426
    • 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 Parkdale
  • 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 Charleston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
    • Since Parkdale is near Dorchester County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Parkdale

Communities Also Named Parkdale ...

We found 22 communities that are also named Parkdale.

Within South Carolina, the name Parkdale is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, eighteen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coosa County
      • This Parkdale is located in Coosa County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the west of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coosa County community of Parkdale.
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Parkdale is located in Ashley County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the west of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Parkdale.
    • Colorado
      • Fremont County
      • This Parkdale is located in Fremont County and lies 1,469 miles [2,364.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Parkdale.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Parkdale is located in Hillsborough County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Parkdale.
    • Manitoba
      • This Parkdale lies 1,473 miles [2,370.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
    • Michigan
      • Manistee County
      • This Parkdale is located in Manistee County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Parkdale.
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • This Parkdale is located in Otter Tail County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Parkdale.
    • Mississippi
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This Parkdale is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Parkdale.
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • This Parkdale is located in Jefferson County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Parkdale.
      • Platte County
      • This Parkdale is located in Platte County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km] to the west northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Parkdale.
    • Montana
      • Flathead County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Parkdale [Flathead County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Parkdale is located in Camden County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Parkdale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Parkdale.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Parkdale [Hamilton County].
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Parkdale [Jefferson County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Parkdale.
    • Oregon
      • Hood River County
      • This Parkdale is located in Hood River County and lies 2,361 miles [3,799.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hood River County community of Parkdale.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Parkdale lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Parkdale [Bell County].
      • Dallas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Parkdale [Dallas County].
      • McLennan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Parkdale [McLennan County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Parkdale is located in Davis County and lies 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Parkdale that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Parkdale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkdale ...

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.

  • Dogwood Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dogwood Gardens is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Gardens
  • Edgewater Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Forest Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Forest Lakes is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lakes
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenwood Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
  • Heathwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Heathwood is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Hickory Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Hillside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hillside is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Indigo Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Indigo Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Point
  • Johns Island Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Johns Island Ferry is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Island Ferry
  • Limehouse Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Limehouse Station is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehouse Station
  • Magnolia Ranch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Magnolia Ranch is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ranch
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Marsh Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Marsh Cove is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cove
    • Maryville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Maryville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
    • Parsonage Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Parsonage Point is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Point
    • Pinecrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinecrest is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Ponderosa
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ponderosa is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
    • Sandy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Shell Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Shell Point is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
    • Stone Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stone Park is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Park
    • Woodlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Parkdale 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 Parkdale to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkdale and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Parkdale to Columbia, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 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 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parkdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Parkdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Parkdale 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.
<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 Parkdale 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 Parkdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7821, Longitude: -80.0434       In this case, the coordinates for Parkdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.75 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.658 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.909 degrees.