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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 Stewart Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stewart 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 Stewart Crossroads:
    • 34.801818, -80.597844
    • 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 Stewart 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Since Stewart Crossroads is near Union County and also Chesterfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield 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 Stewart Crossroads

Communities Also Named Stewart Crossroads ...

We found one communities that are also named Stewart Crossroads.

Within South Carolina, the name Stewart Crossroads is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Stewart Crossroads in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Stewart Crossroads is located in Robeson County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stewart Crossroads that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Stewart Crossroads.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stewart 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.

  • Doctor Sapps Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Dwight Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dwight Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Crossroads
  • New Cut
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • New Cut is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
  • Roughedge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Roughedge is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roughedge
  • Tradesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tradesville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville
  • Trinity
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Union is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Unity
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Unity is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
  • Walkersville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Walkersville is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Wolf Pond Cross Roads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Wolf Pond Cross Roads is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pond Cross Roads

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stewart Crossroads and extending to:

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stewart Crossroads to Lancaster, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 344 miles [553.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stewart 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 Stewart 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 Stewart Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8018, Longitude: -80.5978       In this case, the coordinates for Stewart Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.08 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.329 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.535 degrees.