Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stokes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stokes and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stokes
- 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 Stokes:
- 32.959334, -80.725656
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stokes
- 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Stokes is near Dorchester County and also Bamberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- eBird sighting report for Bamberg 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stokes ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Stokes.
There are three communities within South Carolina that are also named Stokes.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Berkeley County
- Clarendon County
- Hampton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh County
- This Stokes is located in Conecuh County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Stokes that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Stokes.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Stokes is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km] to the west of the Stokes that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Stokes.
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Stokes [Coahoma County].
- Madison County
- This Stokes is located in Madison County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the west of the Stokes that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Stokes.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Caswell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Stokes [Caswell County].
- Pitt County
- This Stokes is located in Pitt County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stokes that is located in Colleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Stokes.
- Wilkes County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Stokes [Wilkes County].
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stokes ...
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.
- Burr Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Cat Hole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Catholic Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catholic Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Hill
- Catholic Hill is located in Colleton County
- Grover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Grover is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <5>
- Johnsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Johnsville is located in Colleton County
- Pringle Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pringle Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle Bend
- Pringle Bend is located in Colleton County
- Red Bank ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Round O
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round O
- Round O is located in Colleton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round O <5>
- Springtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Springtown is located in Colleton County
How Far From Stokes to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stokes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stokes and extending to:
- Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Stokes to Columbia, with an average speed<6>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 458 miles [737.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stokes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Colleton County: www.colletoncounty.org/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stokes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Stokes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stokes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9593, Longitude: -80.7257 In this case, the coordinates for Stokes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Stokes could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Stokes to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.132 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.123 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.106 degrees. |