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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 Wide Awake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wide Awake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wide Awake:
    • 33.047393, -80.107033
    • 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 Wide Awake
  • 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Since Wide Awake is near Dorchester County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Wide Awake

Communities Also Named Wide Awake ...

We found one communities that are also named Wide Awake.

Within South Carolina, the name Wide Awake is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Wide Awake in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wide Awake [Carroll County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wide Awake ...

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.

  • Boulder Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Boulder Bluff is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Bluff
  • Centerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • College Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • College Park is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Deer Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Fox Bank ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox Bank is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bank
  • Groomville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Groomville is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomville
  • Grove Hall
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grove Hall is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
  • Hickory Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Holly Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Holly Court is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Court
  • Hound Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hound Run is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hound Run
  • Lincolnville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mount Holly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Rosehill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosehill is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
    • Strawberry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Summerville Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Summerville Place is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Place
    • Summerwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Summerwood is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
    • Tall PInes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Tall PInes is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall PInes
    • Tea Farm
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tea Farm is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tea Farm
    • Tramway
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Tramway is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
    • Twin Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Woodlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Wide Awake 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 Wide Awake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wide Awake and extending to:

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wide Awake to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 438 miles [704.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Wide Awake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Wide Awake) 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 Wide Awake 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 Wide Awake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0474, Longitude: -80.1070       In this case, the coordinates for Wide Awake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.789 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.741 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.858 degrees.