Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Quick Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quick Crossroads and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Quick Crossroads

• 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 Quick Crossroads:
  • 34.717101, -79.739784
  • 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 Quick Crossroads

• 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 Marlboro County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
  • Since Quick Crossroads is near Richmond County and also Scotland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scotland 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 Quick Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Quick Crossroads ...

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.

• Beauty Spot ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Beauty Spot is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Spot
• Burnt Factory ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnt Factory is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
• Everetts ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Everetts is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
• Grace Heights
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Grace Heights is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Heights
• Green Pond
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Pond is located in Scotland County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
• Lester
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lester is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
• Little Mountain ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Mountain is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
• Sunnybrook Heights
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunnybrook Heights is located in Marlboro County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Heights

How Far From Quick Crossroads 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 Quick Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Quick Crossroads and extending to:

• Bennettsville, which is the Seat of Marlboro County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Quick Crossroads to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 325 miles [523 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,770 miles [7,676.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'