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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 Pigeon Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pigeon Bay 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 Pigeon Bay:
- 33.267664, -80.237035
- 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 Pigeon Bay
- 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Pigeon Bay is near Orangeburg County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Pigeon Bay
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pigeon Bay ...
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.
- Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Cross Roads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Cross Roads is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Cross Roads
- Ebenezer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Hope ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Long Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Mudville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mudville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
- Pringletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pringletown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringletown
- Sandridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
- Spring Plain ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Plain is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Plain
- Tugtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tugtown is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugtown
How Far From Pigeon Bay 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 Pigeon Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Pigeon Bay once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pigeon Bay and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pigeon Bay to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 68 miles [109.4 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,854 miles [7,811.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pigeon Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pigeon Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pigeon Bay 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 Pigeon Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2677, Longitude: -80.2370 In this case, the coordinates for Pigeon Bay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.864 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.859 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.843 degrees. |
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