Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wedgewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wedgewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wedgewood
- 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 Wedgewood:
- 34.079875, -80.931200
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wedgewood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Since Wedgewood is near Kershaw County and also Lexington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kershaw County
- eBird sighting report for Lexington 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wedgewood ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Wedgewood.
Within South Carolina, the name Wedgewood is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Wedgewood is located in Kent County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Wedgewood.
- New Castle County
- This Wedgewood is located in New Castle County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Wedgewood.
- Georgia
- Coweta County
- This Wedgewood is located in Coweta County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<2> to the west of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Wedgewood.
- Fayette County
- This Wedgewood is located in Fayette County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the west of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Wedgewood.
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Texas
- Virginia
- Chesapeake City
- This Wedgewood is located in Chesapeake City and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Wedgewood.
- Chesterfield County
- This Wedgewood is located in Chesterfield County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Wedgewood.
- Danville City
- This Wedgewood is located in Danville City and lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the north northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Wedgewood.
- Henrico County
- This Wedgewood is located in Henrico County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Wedgewood.
- Norfolk City
- This Wedgewood is located in Norfolk City and lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the northeast of the Wedgewood that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Wedgewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wedgewood ...
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.
- Dentsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentsville
- Dentsville is located in Richland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dentsville <3>
- Edinburgh
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Forest Trace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Trace
- Forest Trace is located in Richland County
- Green Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Green Springs is located in Richland County
- Huntcliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Jiggs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Ravenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Ravenwood is located in Richland County
- Rockbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Rockbridge is located in Richland County
- Sandwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Richland County
- Springwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Springwood is located in Richland County
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Richland County
How Far From Wedgewood 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 Wedgewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wedgewood and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Wedgewood to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wedgewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Richland County: www.richlandonline.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Wedgewood 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wedgewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wedgewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0799, Longitude: -80.9312 In this case, the coordinates for Wedgewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wedgewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.265 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.437 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.87 degrees. |