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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 Whites Cross Roads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whites Cross Roads 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 Whites Cross Roads:
- 33.923738, -82.158455
- 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 Whites Cross Roads
- 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 McCormick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCormick County
- Since Whites Cross Roads is near Edgefield County and also Greenwood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgefield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood 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 Whites Cross Roads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whites Cross Roads ...
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.
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Liberty Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Lime Stone ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lime Stone is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Stone
- Limestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Limestone is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Mayson Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mayson Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayson Crossroads
- Parks Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parks Mill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mill
- Plum Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
How Far From Whites Cross Roads 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 Whites Cross Roads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Whites Cross Roads once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Whites Cross Roads and extending to:
- McCormick, which is the Seat of McCormick County, lies just to the West.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Whites Cross Roads to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 445 miles [716.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whites Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Whites Cross Roads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Whites Cross Roads 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 Whites Cross Roads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9237, Longitude: -82.1585 In this case, the coordinates for Whites Cross Roads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.964 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.218 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.38 degrees. |
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