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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 Rotalata, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rotalata 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 Rotalata:
- 33.726247, -81.843166
- 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 Rotalata
- 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 Edgefield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgefield County
- Since Rotalata is near Aiken County and also Saluda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saluda 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 Rotalata
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rotalata ...
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.
- Edgefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Highview ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Highview is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Parkhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parkhill is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Pine House Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine House Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine House Crossroads
- Ropers Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ropers Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Crossroads
- Sunny Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Brook is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Brook
- Wise ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
How Far From Rotalata 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 Rotalata to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rotalata and extending to:
- Edgefield, which is the Seat of Edgefield County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Rotalata 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 445 miles [716.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rotalata) 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 Rotalata 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 Rotalata. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7262, Longitude: -81.8432 In this case, the coordinates for Rotalata have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.779 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.976 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.313 degrees. |
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