Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Willtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willtown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Willtown
- 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 Willtown:
- 33.618223, -79.450335
- 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 Willtown
- 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 Williamsburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Williamsburg County
- Since Willtown is near Georgetown County and also Florence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Georgetown County
- eBird sighting report for Florence 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willtown ...
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.
- Cook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Cow Head Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cow Head Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Head Landing
- Cow Head Landing is located in Georgetown County
- Gordonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Gordonville is located in Williamsburg County
- Henry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Red Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Rose Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Snow Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Junction
- Snow Junction is located in Williamsburg County
- Snow Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Union Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
- Union Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
How Far From Willtown 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 Willtown 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 Willtown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Willtown and extending to:
- Kingstree, which is the Seat of Williamsburg County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Willtown to Kingstree, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Williamsburg County: www.williamsburgsc.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Willtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Willtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Willtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6182, Longitude: -79.4503 In this case, the coordinates for Willtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Willtown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.429 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.41 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.454 degrees. |