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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 Pregnall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pregnall 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 Pregnall:
- 33.156275, -80.464542
- 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 Pregnall
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Pregnall is near Colleton County and also Orangeburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg 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 Pregnall
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pregnall ...
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.
- Cow Tail ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cow Tail is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Tail
- Four Holes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Four Holes is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Holes
- Giant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Giant is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giant
- Grover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harleyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holly Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holly Ridge is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Lincoln Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Green is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Green
- Pringletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pringletown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringletown
- Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Texas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
How Far From Pregnall to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pregnall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pregnall and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Pregnall to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,984 miles [11,239.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Pregnall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pregnall 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 Pregnall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1563, Longitude: -80.4645 In this case, the coordinates for Pregnall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.989 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.987 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.957 degrees. |
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