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 Wedgefield:
33.869607, -79.773123
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 Wedgefield
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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Wedgefield.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Wedgefield.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Wedgefield in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Greenville County
This Wedgefield is located in Greenville County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wedgefield that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Wedgefield.
Sumter County
This Wedgefield is located in Sumter County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the west of the Wedgefield that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Wedgefield.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Orange County
This Wedgefield is located in Orange County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wedgefield that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Wedgefield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wedgefield ...
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.
Bass Crossroads (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Wedgefield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wedgefield and extending to:
Florence, which is the Seat of Florence County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Wedgefield to Florence, with an average speed<3> 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Wedgefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Wedgefield 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 Wedgefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8696, Longitude: -79.7731 In this case, the coordinates for Wedgefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.61 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.654 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.498 degrees.