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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 Pumpkintown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pumpkintown 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 Pumpkintown:
- 35.002896, -82.652907
- 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 Pumpkintown
- 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Since Pumpkintown is near Greenville County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Pumpkintown
Communities Also Named Pumpkintown ...
We found four communities that are also named Pumpkintown.
Within South Carolina, the name Pumpkintown is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Randolph County
- This Pumpkintown is located in Randolph County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pumpkintown that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Pumpkintown.
- North Carolina
- Jackson County
- This Pumpkintown is located in Jackson County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pumpkintown that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pumpkintown.
- Tennessee
- Macon County
- This Pumpkintown is located in Macon County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pumpkintown that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Pumpkintown.
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- This Pumpkintown is located in Randolph County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pumpkintown that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Pumpkintown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pumpkintown ...
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.
- Cedar Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Rock is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
- Crow Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Dacusville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Knob ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Knob is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Liberia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Liberia is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
- Pickens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Prices Store ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prices Store is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Store
- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rocky Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Pumpkintown 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 Pumpkintown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pumpkintown and extending to:
- Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pumpkintown to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 410 miles [659.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Pumpkintown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pumpkintown 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 Pumpkintown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0029, Longitude: -82.6529 In this case, the coordinates for Pumpkintown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.273 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.727 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.281 degrees. |
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