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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 Pierpont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pierpont 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 Pierpont:
    • 32.829620, -80.042313
    • 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 Pierpont
  • 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 Pierpont 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 Pierpont

Communities Also Named Pierpont ...

We found six communities that are also named Pierpont.

Within South Carolina, the name Pierpont is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • This Pierpont is located in Boone County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pierpont that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Pierpont.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Pierpont is located in Ashtabula County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the north of the Pierpont that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Pierpont.
    • South Dakota
      • Day County
      • This Pierpont is located in Day County and lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pierpont that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Day County community of Pierpont.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke 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 Virginia community of Pierpont [Roanoke County].
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Pierpont is located in Monongalia County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the north of the Pierpont that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Pierpont.
      • Wyoming County
      • This Pierpont is located in Wyoming County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km] to the north northwest of the Pierpont that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Pierpont.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pierpont ...

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.

  • Bees Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Bees Ferry is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bees Ferry
  • Dogwood Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dogwood Gardens is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Gardens
  • Forest Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Forest Lakes is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lakes
  • Green Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Grove is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Greenwood Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
  • Heathwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Heathwood is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Hickory Hall Plantation
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Joshua
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Joshua is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
  • Magnolia Ranch
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Magnolia Ranch is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ranch
  • Marsh Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Marsh Cove is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cove
  • Parsonage Point
    (Less than 2 miles 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 southeast)
    • Pinecrest is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Sandy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy

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

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

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Pierpont to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 451 miles [725.8 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Pierpont) 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 Pierpont 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>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.
<4>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 Pierpont 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 Pierpont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8296, Longitude: -80.0423       In this case, the coordinates for Pierpont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.75 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.665 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.895 degrees.