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33.566280, -79.027814
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We found fourteen communities that share the name Sunny Side.
Within South Carolina, the name Sunny Side is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Spalding County
This Sunny Side is located in Spalding County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the west of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spalding County community of Sunny Side.
Kansas
Montgomery County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sunny Side.
Wichita County
This community is historic and although located in Wichita County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wichita County community of Sunny Side.
Missouri
Wright 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 Missouri community of Sunny Side [Wright County].
New Mexico
Colfax County
This Sunny Side is located in Colfax County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Sunny Side.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the north of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Sunny Side.
Bedford County
This Sunny Side is located in Bedford County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the north of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Sunny Side.
Tennessee
Henry County
This Sunny Side is located in Henry County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Sunny Side.
Sequatchie 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 Tennessee community of Sunny Side [Sequatchie County].
Texas
Harris County
This Sunny Side is located in Harris County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Sunny Side.
Waller County
This Sunny Side is located in Waller County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km] to the west of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waller County community of Sunny Side.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Sunny Side is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Sunny Side.
Virginia
Buckingham County
This Sunny Side is located in Buckingham County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the north of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Sunny Side.
Cumberland County
This Sunny Side is located in Cumberland County and lies 274 miles [441 km] to the north of the Sunny Side that is located in Georgetown County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Sunny Side.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Side ...
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.
Blue Heron (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Heron have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Sunny Side to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunny Side and extending to:
Georgetown, which is the Seat of Georgetown County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Side to Georgetown, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 384 miles [618 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,786 miles [7,702.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sunny Side) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunny Side. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5663, Longitude: -79.0278 In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Side have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Sunny Side, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Sunny Side 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 Sunny Side 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 309.195 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.133 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.316 degrees.