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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 Wellridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellridge 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 Wellridge:
- 34.622364, -81.074530
- 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 Wellridge
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Wellridge is near Fairfield County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Wellridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellridge ...
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.
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
- Evans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Evans is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Great Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lake View is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lewisville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Mountain Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mountain Lakes is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lakes
- Quail Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Hollow is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Richburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rodman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rodman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Springs Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Springs Park is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs Park
- Springwood Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Springwood Lakes is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Lakes
- Stringfellow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stringfellow is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringfellow
- Tip Top ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tip Top is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Wellridge 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 Wellridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wellridge and extending to:
- Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wellridge to Chester, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,834 miles [7,779.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wellridge) 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 Wellridge 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 Wellridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6224, Longitude: -81.0745 In this case, the coordinates for Wellridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.352 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.615 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.77 degrees. |
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