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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 Pringle Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pringle Bend 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 Pringle Bend:
- 32.847952, -80.587881
- 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 Pringle Bend
- 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Pringle Bend is near Charleston County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Pringle Bend
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pringle Bend ...
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.
- Burnt Church Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Catholic Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catholic Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Hill
- Cottageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gloverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gloverville is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloverville
- Green Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Iron Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Iron Crossroads is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Crossroads
- Round O
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Pringle Bend 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 Pringle Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pringle Bend and extending to:
- Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Pringle Bend to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 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' (or 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- Pringle Bend) 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 Pringle Bend 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 Pringle Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8480, Longitude: -80.5879 In this case, the coordinates for Pringle Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.053 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.016 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.087 degrees. |
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