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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 Totness, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Totness 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 Totness:
- 33.742654, -80.800090
- 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 Totness
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Totness is near Richland County and also Orangeburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg 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 Totness
Curious and Interesting Names Near Totness ...
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.
- Creekmoor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Creekmoor is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekmoor
- Dominion Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dominion Hills is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Highland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hillview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hillview is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Hunter Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hunter Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hill
- Independents
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Independents is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independents
- Kingville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingville
- Lone Star
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Malta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Malta is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Marshall Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marshall Heights is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pine Tops
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Tops is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tops
- Quail Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Quail Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Rosewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Sandy Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sandy Run is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Starks Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Starks Ferry is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Ferry
- Tina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tina is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Turkey Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Turkey Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
How Far From Totness 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 Totness to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Totness and extending to:
- Saint Matthews, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Totness to Columbia, with an average speed<2> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 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 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 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- Totness) 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 Totness 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 Totness. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7427, Longitude: -80.8001 In this case, the coordinates for Totness have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.186 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.298 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.916 degrees. |
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