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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 Prices Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prices Store 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 Prices Store:
    • 34.989285, -82.757357
    • 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 Prices Store
  • 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 Prices Store ...

We found one communities that share the name Prices Store.

Within South Carolina, the name Prices Store is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Prices Store in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Prices Store is located in Amherst County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Prices Store that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Prices Store.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prices Store ...

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.

  • Crow Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
    • Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
  • Knob ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
    • Knob is located in Pickens County
  • Liberia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
    • Liberia is located in Pickens County
  • Line Runner Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Line Runner Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Runner Ridge
    • Line Runner Ridge is located in Transylvania County (NC)
  • Nine Times
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nine Times have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
    • Nine Times is located in Pickens County
  • Pickens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pleasant View is located in Pickens County
  • Pumpkintown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkintown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
    • Pumpkintown is located in Pickens County
  • Rocky Bottom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
    • Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County
  • Round Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
    • Round Mountain is located in Transylvania County (NC)
  • Sunset
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)

How Far From Prices Store 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 Prices Store 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<4> community of Prices Store once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Prices Store and extending to:

  • Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Prices Store to Columbia, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Pickens County: www.co.pickens.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prices Store) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prices Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9893, Longitude: -82.7574       In this case, the coordinates for Prices Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Prices Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Prices Store 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 311.334 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.795 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.326 degrees.




 

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