Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Santee Circle:
  • 33.243780, -79.964246
  • 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 Santee Circle

• 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
  • Since Santee Circle is near Williamsburg County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Santee Circle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Santee Circle ...

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.

• Cherry Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cherry Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
• Gravel Hill ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gravel Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
• Green Hill ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
• Harristown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Harristown is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
• Hickory Grove ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Locklair ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Locklair is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
• Providence
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Providence is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Stony Landing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Stony Landing is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Landing
• Sugar Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
• Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town

How Far From Santee Circle to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Santee Circle to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Santee Circle 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 423 miles [680.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'