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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 Sweden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweden and the surrounding area.
- 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 Sweden:
- 33.379043, -81.135101
- 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 Sweden
- 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 Bamberg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bamberg County
- Since Sweden is near Orangeburg County and also Barnwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnwell 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 Sweden
Communities Also Named Sweden ...
We found eight communities that are also named Sweden.
Within South Carolina, the name Sweden is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- This Sweden is located in Jefferson County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the west of the Sweden that is located in Bamberg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sweden.
- Georgia
- Pickens County
- This Sweden is located in Pickens County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sweden that is located in Bamberg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Sweden.
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Sweden is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sweden that is located in Bamberg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Sweden.
- Oxford County
- This Sweden is located in Oxford County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the north northeast of the Sweden that is located in Bamberg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Sweden.
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- This Sweden is located in Douglas County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sweden that is located in Bamberg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Sweden.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sweden [Ashtabula County].
- Pennsylvania
- Potter County
- This Sweden is located in Potter County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sweden that is located in Bamberg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Sweden.
- Texas
- Duval County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sweden [Duval County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweden ...
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.
- Bobcat Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bobcat Landing is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobcat Landing
- Cope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Denmark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Finland is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finland
- Healing Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Healing Springs is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Lees
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lees is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees
- Luther ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Luther is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Rosemary ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosemary is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
How Far From Sweden 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 Sweden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sweden and extending to:
- Bamberg, which is the Seat of Bamberg County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Sweden to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 444 miles [714.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,890 miles [7,869.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sweden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Sweden 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Sweden 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 Sweden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3790, Longitude: -81.1351 In this case, the coordinates for Sweden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.369 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.456 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.142 degrees. |
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