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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 Singleton Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Singleton Crossroads 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 Singleton Crossroads:
    • 33.835724, -79.195322
    • 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 Singleton Crossroads
  • 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 Horry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Horry County
    • Since Singleton Crossroads is near Marion County and also Georgetown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Georgetown 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 Singleton Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Singleton Crossroads ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Hughes Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hughes Landing is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing
  • Jordanville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jordanville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
  • Juniper Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Juniper Bay is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Bay
  • Knotty Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Knotty Branch is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotty Branch
  • Mary
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mary is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary
  • Ned Swamp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ned Swamp is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned Swamp
  • Pee Dee Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pee Dee Crossroads is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Dee Crossroads
  • Sand Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sand Ridge is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
  • Twelvemile
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Twelvemile is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile

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

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

  • Conway, which is the Seat of Horry County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Singleton Crossroads 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 369 miles [593.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,782 miles [7,695.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Singleton Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Singleton Crossroads 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 Singleton Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8357, Longitude: -79.1953       In this case, the coordinates for Singleton Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.287 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.279 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.296 degrees.