Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rodman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rodman and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rodman
- 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 Rodman:
- 34.768751, -81.088139
- 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 Rodman
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Rodman is near York County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Rodman ...
We found five communities that share the name Rodman.
Within South Carolina, the name Rodman is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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- New York
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Rodman ...
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 Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Chester County
- Chester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Chester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,363 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
- Eureka Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
- Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
- Evans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Flint Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Flint Hill is located in York County
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Lewis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Lewisville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Chester County
- Quail Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in Chester County
- Quail Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Richburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richburg
- Richburg is located in Chester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richburg <4>
- Stringfellow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringfellow
- Stringfellow is located in Chester County
- Tip Top ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Whispering Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
- Whispering Hills is located in York County
How Far From Rodman 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 Rodman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rodman and extending to:
- Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Rodman to Columbia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,251 miles [10,060 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rodman. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Rodman 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rodman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rodman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7688, Longitude: -81.0881 In this case, the coordinates for Rodman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rodman 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 310.361 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.647 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.733 degrees. |