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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 Wilkins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilkins 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 Wilkins:
    • 32.484912, -80.600661
    • 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 Wilkins
  • 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Since Wilkins is near Colleton County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton 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 Wilkins

Communities Also Named Wilkins ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Wilkins.

Within South Carolina, the name Wilkins is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cross County
      • This Wilkins is located in Cross County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilkins that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cross County community of Wilkins.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Wilkins is located in Jefferson County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the west northwest of the Wilkins that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wilkins.
      • Logan County
      • This Wilkins is located in Logan County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km] to the west northwest of the Wilkins that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Wilkins.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wilkins [Floyd County].
    • Iowa
      • Dubuque County
      • This Wilkins is located in Dubuque County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wilkins that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Wilkins.
    • Kentucky
      • Larue County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wilkins [Larue County].
    • Michigan
      • Kalkaska County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wilkins [Kalkaska County].
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Wilkins [Elko County].
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wilkins [Granville County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Wilkins lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wilkins that is located in Beaufort County.
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • This Wilkins is located in Lucas County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wilkins that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Wilkins.
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wilkins.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Wilkins [Lane County].
    • Tennessee
      • Tipton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wilkins [Tipton County].
    • Texas
      • Upshur County
      • This Wilkins is located in Upshur County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the west of the Wilkins that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Wilkins.
    • Washington
      • Skagit County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Wilkins [Skagit County].
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Wilkins [Sweetwater County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkins ...

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.

  • Bluff Farm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
  • Daniels
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Daniels is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
  • Lucy Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lucy Creek is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Creek
  • Mark Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mark Island is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Island
  • Marsh Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marsh Harbor is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Harbor
  • Marsh Hawk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Marsh Hawk is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hawk
  • Partridge Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Partridge Woods is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Woods
  • Pepper Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pepper Hill is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Hill
  • Pleasant Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Quail Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Quail Run is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Rivers Edge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rivers Edge is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
  • Walnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilkins and extending to:

  • Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wilkins to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 485 miles [780.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,017 miles [11,292.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wilkins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wilkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Wilkins 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.
<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 Wilkins 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 Wilkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4849, Longitude: -80.6007       In this case, the coordinates for Wilkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.052 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.964 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.19 degrees.