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 Plantersville:
33.555446, -79.215325
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 Plantersville
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 Georgetown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Plantersville.
Within South Carolina, the name Plantersville is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Dallas County
This Plantersville is located in Dallas County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the west of the Plantersville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Plantersville.
Talladega County
This Plantersville is located in Talladega County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km] to the west of the Plantersville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Plantersville.
Arkansas
Drew County
This Plantersville is located in Drew County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the west of the Plantersville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Plantersville.
Louisiana
Morehouse Parish
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 Louisiana community of Plantersville [Morehouse Parish].
Mississippi
Lee County
This Plantersville is located in Lee County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the west of the Plantersville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Plantersville.
Noxubee 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 Mississippi community of Plantersville [Noxubee County].
Texas
Grimes County
This Plantersville is located in Grimes County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the west of the Plantersville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Plantersville.
Virginia
Lunenburg County
This Plantersville is located in Lunenburg County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the north of the Plantersville that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lunenburg County community of Plantersville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plantersville ...
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.
Caring Cross Ferry (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Caring Cross Ferry is located in Georgetown County
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 Plantersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Plantersville and extending to:
Georgetown, which is the Seat of Georgetown County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Plantersville to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 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- Plantersville) 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 Plantersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Plantersville 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 Plantersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5554, Longitude: -79.2153 In this case, the coordinates for Plantersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.298 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.251 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.387 degrees.