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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 Wateree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wateree 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 Wateree:
    • 33.807100, -80.637309
    • 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 Wateree
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Wateree is near Sumter County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Wateree

Communities Also Named Wateree ...

We found one communities that are also named Wateree.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Wateree.

Beyond South Carolina.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Sumter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Wateree [Sumter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wateree ...

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.

  • Cherryvale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
  • Dixie Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dixie Crossing is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Crossing
  • Foxville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville
  • Hearthstone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hearthstone is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearthstone
  • Kingville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Kingville is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingville
  • Leesburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Leesburg is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Lone Star
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lone Star is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Malta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Malta is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
  • Privateer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Privateer is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
  • Rainbow Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rainbow Falls is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Falls
  • Sanders Corner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Sanders Corner is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Corner
  • Shady Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Shady Grove is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Starks Ferry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Starks Ferry is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Ferry
    • Summer View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Summer View is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer View
    • Tina
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Tina is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
    • Twin Lakes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Winter Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Winter Park is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park

How Far From Wateree 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 Wateree to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wateree and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wateree to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 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 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,274 miles [10,097 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Wateree 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Wateree) 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 Wateree 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 Wateree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8071, Longitude: -80.6373       In this case, the coordinates for Wateree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.095 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.203 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.837 degrees.