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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 Wespanee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wespanee 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 Wespanee:
- 32.801288, -79.994257
- 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 Wespanee
- 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 Charleston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- Since Wespanee is near Berkeley County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Wespanee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wespanee ...
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.
- Dogwood Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dogwood Gardens is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Gardens
- Edgewater Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edgewater Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Forest Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Lakes is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lakes
- Garden Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Garden Hill is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenwood Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
- Grove Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
- Harbor View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor View is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Heathwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heathwood is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
- Hibernian Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hibernian Heights is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernian Heights
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillside is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Indigo Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Indigo Point is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Point
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Joshua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Joshua is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
- Laurel Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Laurel Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Magnolia Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Ranch is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ranch
- Marsh Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marsh Cove is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cove
- Maryville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maryville is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Parsonage Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonage Point is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Point
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pinecrest is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Stone Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stone Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Park
- Union Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Heights is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Heights
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Wespanee 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 Wespanee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wespanee and extending to:
- Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wespanee to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 452 miles [727.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Wespanee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Wespanee 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 Wespanee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8013, Longitude: -79.9943 In this case, the coordinates for Wespanee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.723 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.63 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.886 degrees. |
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