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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 Whipper - Barnoy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whipper - Barnoy 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 Whipper - Barnoy:
- 32.862397, -79.987033
- 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 Whipper - Barnoy
- 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 Whipper - Barnoy 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 Whipper - Barnoy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whipper - Barnoy ...
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.
- Bees Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bees Ferry is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bees Ferry
- Dogwood Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood Gardens is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Gardens
- Dominion Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dominion Hills is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
- Ferndale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ferndale is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Garden Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Hill is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
- Gold Cup Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gold Cup Springs is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Cup Springs
- Green Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Grove is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Grove Creek Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
- Hibernian Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hibernian Heights is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernian Heights
- Joshua
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Joshua is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Liberty Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Liberty Hills is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Liberty Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Marsh Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marsh Cove is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cove
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Parsonage Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parsonage Point is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Point
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Singing Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Singing Pines is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Pines
- Union Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Heights is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Heights
How Far From Whipper - Barnoy 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 Whipper - Barnoy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Whipper - Barnoy and extending to:
- Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Whipper - Barnoy 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 448 miles [721 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 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Whipper - Barnoy) 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 Whipper - Barnoy 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 Whipper - Barnoy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8624, Longitude: -79.9870 In this case, the coordinates for Whipper - Barnoy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.72 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.635 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.866 degrees. |
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