Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Winterseat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winterseat and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Winterseat
- 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 Winterseat:
- 33.979569, -82.201790
- 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 Winterseat
- 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
- Since Winterseat is near McCormick County and also Edgefield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McCormick County
- eBird sighting report for Edgefield 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 Winterseat ...
We found two communities that share the name Winterseat.
There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Winterseat.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Winterseat in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Winterseat [Edgefield County].
- Edgefield County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Winterseat is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Winterseat that is located in Greenwood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Winterseat.
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winterseat ...
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.
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Buffalo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in McCormick County
- Cedar Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cedar Springs is located in Abbeville County
- Liberty Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Lime Stone ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Stone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Stone
- Lime Stone is located in Edgefield County
- Limestone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Mayson Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayson Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayson Crossroads
- Mayson Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Parks Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parks Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mill
- Parks Mill is located in McCormick County
- Plum Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Branch
- Plum Branch is located in McCormick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum Branch <4>
- Promised Land
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Promised Land have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Rushville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Winterseat to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Winterseat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winterseat and extending to:
- Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Winterseat to Greenwood, with an average speed<5> 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the east (E). 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 444 miles [714.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,912 miles [7,905.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winterseat. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Greenwood County: www.co.greenwood.sc.us/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
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 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 Winterseat 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Winterseat) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winterseat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9796, Longitude: -82.2018 In this case, the coordinates for Winterseat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Winterseat 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 310.99 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.256 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.381 degrees. |