Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prestwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prestwick and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prestwick
- 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 Prestwick:
- 33.636281, -78.965033
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Prestwick
- 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Horry County
- Since Prestwick is near Georgetown County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Georgetown County
- eBird sighting report for Marion 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Prestwick ...
We found two communities that share the name Prestwick.
Within South Carolina, the name Prestwick is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prestwick ...
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.
- Coopers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Crystal Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake is located in Horry County
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Horry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <4>
- Garden City Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Beach
- Garden City Beach is located in Horry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City Beach <4>
- Hurl Rocks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurl Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurl Rocks
- Hurl Rocks is located in Horry County
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Jensens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Longleaf
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Ocean Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Pines
- Ocean Pines is located in Horry County
- Pebble Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pebble Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach
- Pebble Beach is located in Horry County
- Pirate Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pirate Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirate Cove
- Pirate Cove is located in Horry County
- Rosewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (8 more) ...
- Seabreeze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Seaview Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaview Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview Place
- Seaview Place is located in Horry County
- Springmaid Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springmaid Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springmaid Beach
- Springmaid Beach is located in Horry County
- Surf Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surf Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Pines
- Surf Pines is located in Horry County
- Surfside Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surfside Beach
- Surfside Beach is located in Horry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surfside Beach <4>
- Watergate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Windjammer Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windjammer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windjammer Village
- Windjammer Village is located in Horry County
- Woodland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
- Woodland Park is located in Horry County
- Seabreeze
How Far From Prestwick 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 Prestwick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prestwick and extending to:
- Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prestwick to Conway, 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 121 miles [194.7 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 378 miles [608.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,894 miles [11,094.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,780 miles [7,692.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prestwick. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Horry County: www.horrycounty.org/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
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- Prestwick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prestwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6363, Longitude: -78.9650 In this case, the coordinates for Prestwick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Prestwick 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Prestwick to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.16 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.104 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.272 degrees. |