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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 White Church Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Church Place 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 White Church Place:
- 32.963505, -80.195650
- 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 White Church Place
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since White Church Place is near Charleston County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 White Church Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Church Place ...
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.
- Avenue of Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Avenue of Oaks is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue of Oaks
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Coventry Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coventry Place is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Place
- Creekside
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Creekside is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Evergreen
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Farmdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Farmdale is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Flowertown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Iron Gate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Iron Gate is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Plantation Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plantation Ridge is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Ridge
- Quail Arbor
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quail Arbor is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Arbor
- Rosehill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosehill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Sprucewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sprucewood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucewood
- Summerville Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Summerville Farms is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Farms
- Tea Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tea Farm is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tea Farm
- Twin Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Twin Oaks is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Waters Edge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Waters Edge is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From White Church Place to ...
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 White Church Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in White Church Place and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from White Church Place to Saint George, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 446 miles [717.8 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 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Church Place) 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 White Church Place 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 White Church Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9635, Longitude: -80.1957 In this case, the coordinates for White Church Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.837 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.784 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.913 degrees. |
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