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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 Yellow House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellow House and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Yellow House:
    • 32.892674, -79.924808
    • 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 Yellow House
  • 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 Yellow House is near Charleston County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Yellow House

Communities Also Named Yellow House ...

We found one communities that are also named Yellow House.

Within South Carolina, the name Yellow House is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Yellow House in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Yellow House is located in Berks County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Yellow House that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Yellow House.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellow House ...

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.

  • Dominion Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dominion Hills is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
  • Ferndale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ferndale is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Garden Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Garden Hill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
  • Gold Cup Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gold Cup Springs is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Cup Springs
  • Grove Creek Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
  • Hibernian Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hibernian Heights is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernian Heights
  • Joshua
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Joshua is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Liberty Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Hills is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
  • Liberty Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
  • Martins Point Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Martins Point Landing is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Point Landing
  • Miltons Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Miltons Ferry is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltons Ferry
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Oak Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Oak Grove is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Red Bank Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Red Bank Landing is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Landing
    • Shady Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Shady Grove is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Singing Pines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Singing Pines is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Pines
    • Union Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Heights is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Heights
    • Yellow House Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Yellow House Landing is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House Landing

How Far From Yellow House 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 Yellow House 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 Yellow House once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Yellow House and extending to:

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yellow House to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<3> 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 99 miles [159.3 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 444 miles [714.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,855 miles [7,813.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Yellow House) 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 Yellow House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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 Yellow House 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 Yellow House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8927, Longitude: -79.9248       In this case, the coordinates for Yellow House have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.686 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.601 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.836 degrees.