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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 Rosinville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rosinville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Rosinville:
    • 33.254605, -80.527597
    • 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 Rosinville
  • 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Since Rosinville is near Orangeburg County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Rosinville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rosinville ...

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.

  • Cow Tail ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cow Tail is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Tail
  • Four Holes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Four Holes is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Holes
  • Giant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Giant is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giant
  • Grover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Harleyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincoln Green
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Green is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Green
  • Providence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Providence is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Sugar Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
  • Texas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Texas is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rosinville and extending to:

  • Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Rosinville to Columbia, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 435 miles [700.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rosinville) 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 Rosinville 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 Rosinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2546, Longitude: -80.5276       In this case, the coordinates for Rosinville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.026 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.044 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.952 degrees.