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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 Walterboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walterboro 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 Walterboro:
- 32.904562, -80.666880
- 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 Walterboro
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Since Walterboro is near Dorchester County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Walterboro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walterboro ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burr Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
- Catholic Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Catholic Hill is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Hill
- Cottageville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gloverville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gloverville is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloverville
- Iron Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Iron Crossroads is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Crossroads
- Pringle Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pringle Bend is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle Bend
- Red Bank ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Red Bank is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Round O
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stokes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
How Far From Walterboro 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 city such as Walterboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Walterboro and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Walterboro to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 460 miles [740.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Walterboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Walterboro 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 Walterboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9046, Longitude: -80.6669 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.098 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.076 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.10 degrees. |
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