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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wilkins
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wilkins ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Wilkins.
Within South Carolina, the name Wilkins is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout 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
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- 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
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
- Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Daniels
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Lucy Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Creek
- Lucy Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Mark Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mark Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Island
- Mark Island is located in Beaufort County
- Marsh Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Harbor
- Marsh Harbor is located in Beaufort County
- Marsh Hawk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh Hawk have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hawk
- Marsh Hawk is located in Beaufort County
- Partridge Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partridge Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Woods
- Partridge Woods is located in Beaufort County
- Pepper Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pepper Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Hill
- Pepper Hill is located in Beaufort County
- Pleasant Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Point is located in Beaufort County
- Quail Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Rivers Edge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivers Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Rivers Edge is located in Beaufort County
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in Beaufort County
How Far From Wilkins 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 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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilkins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Beaufort County: www.co.beaufort.sc.us/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wilkins) to Point B.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). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.052 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.964 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.19 degrees. |