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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 Pecan Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pecan Grove 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 Pecan Grove:
    • 34.971813, -80.995633
    • 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 Pecan Grove
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Pecan Grove is near Lancaster County and also Mecklenburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mecklenburg 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 Pecan Grove

Communities Also Named Pecan Grove ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Pecan Grove.

There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Pecan Grove.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Dorchester County
      • This Pecan Grove is located in Dorchester County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pecan Grove that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Pecan Grove.
    • Kershaw County
      • This Pecan Grove is located in Kershaw County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pecan Grove that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Pecan Grove.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pecan Grove that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Pecan Grove.
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Pecan Grove [Jefferson Parish].
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pecan Grove [Saint Bernard Parish].
      • Saint Charles Parish
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pecan Grove [Saint Charles Parish].
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Pecan Grove is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pecan Grove that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Pecan Grove.
    • Mississippi
      • Jones County
      • This Pecan Grove is located in Jones County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pecan Grove that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Pecan Grove.
    • North Carolina
      • Halifax 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 North Carolina community of Pecan Grove [Halifax County].
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • Although located in Collin County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Pecan Grove.
      • Coryell County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pecan Grove [Coryell County].
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Pecan Grove is located in Fort Bend County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pecan Grove that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Pecan Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pecan Grove ...

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.

  • Cedarwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cedarwood is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Ebenezer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ebenezer is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Fairlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fairlawn is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
  • India Hook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • India Hook is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
  • Mexico
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mexico is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
  • Old Orchid
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Orchid is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Orchid
  • Red River
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Red River is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
  • Riverview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Riverview is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Rock Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shadowbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Shadowbrook is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowbrook
  • Swan Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Swan Meadows is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Meadows

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

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

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pecan Grove to York, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pecan Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pecan Grove 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>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 Pecan Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pecan Grove 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 Pecan Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9718, Longitude: -80.9956       In this case, the coordinates for Pecan Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.309 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.616 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.638 degrees.