Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Red Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Bank and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Red Bank
- 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 Red Bank:
- 33.030166, -80.627600
- 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 Red Bank
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Red Bank is near Dorchester County and also Bamberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- eBird sighting report for Bamberg 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 Red Bank ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Red Bank.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Red Bank.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Edgefield County
- Lexington County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Red Bank lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Red Bank that is located in Colleton County.
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- This Red Bank is located in Gloucester County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Red Bank that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Red Bank.
- Monmouth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Red Bank [Monmouth County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Red Bank [Centre County].
- Clarion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Red Bank [Clarion County].
- Union County
- This Red Bank is located in Union County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Red Bank that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Red Bank.
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- This Red Bank is located in Blount County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Red Bank that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Red Bank.
- Hamilton County
- This Red Bank is located in Hamilton County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km] to the west northwest of the Red Bank that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Red Bank.
- Virginia
- Halifax County
- This Red Bank is located in Halifax County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Red Bank that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Red Bank.
- Northampton County
- This Red Bank is located in Northampton County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the northeast of the Red Bank that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Red Bank.
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Bank ...
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.
- Burr Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Cat Hole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Cottageville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Cottageville is located in Colleton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottageville <5>
- Cow Tail ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Grover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Grover is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <5>
- Holly Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Holly Ridge is located in Colleton County
- Round O
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round O
- Round O is located in Colleton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round O <5>
- Springtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Springtown is located in Colleton County
- Stokes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Red Bank to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Red Bank 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 community of Red Bank once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Bank and extending to:
- Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Red Bank to Columbia, with an average speed<6>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 452 miles [727.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Colleton County: www.colletoncounty.org/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Red Bank 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Bank) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Red Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0302, Longitude: -80.6276 In this case, the coordinates for Red Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Red Bank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Red Bank to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.078 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.071 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.051 degrees. |