Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wing Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wing Road and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wing Road

• 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 Wing Road:
  • 33.421000, -80.066470
  • 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 Wing Road

• 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 Wing Road is near Williamsburg County and also Clarendon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarendon 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 Wing Road

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wing Road ...

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.

• Chapel Hill ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Cross
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross <1>
• Cross Cross Roads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross Cross Roads is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Cross Roads
• Eagle Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Eagle Point is located in Clarendon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
• Harris Town
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
• Old Peru
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Old Peru is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peru
• Region Town ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
• Spring Plain ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Plain is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Plain
• Swamp Fox
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Swamp Fox is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Fox

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wing Road and extending to:

• Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Wing Road to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 68 miles [109.4 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 414 miles [666.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'