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

  • 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 Santee:
    • 38.218741, -77.360815
    • 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 Santee
  • 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Since Santee is near Spotsylvania County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford 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 Santee

Communities Also Named Santee ...

We found seven communities that are also named Santee.

Within Virginia, the name Santee is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Santee is located in San Diego County and lies 2,240 miles [3,604.9 km]<1> to the west of the Santee that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Santee.
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Santee [Covington County].
      • Jefferson Davis County
      • This Santee is located in Jefferson Davis County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Santee that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis County community of Santee.
    • Nebraska
      • Knox County
      • This Santee is located in Knox County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Santee that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Santee.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northampton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Santee [Northampton County].
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Santee [Berkeley County].
      • Orangeburg County
      • This Santee is located in Orangeburg County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Santee that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Santee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Santee ...

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.

  • Bullocks Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bullocks Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocks Corner
  • Butzner Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Butzner Corner is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butzner Corner
  • Chapel Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Chapel Heights is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Heights
  • Deer Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Forest is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Forest
  • Grandview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandview is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Graves Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Graves Corner is located in King George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Corner
  • Greenfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Haymount
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Haymount is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymount
  • Lambs Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lambs Creek is located in King George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Liberty is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Little Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Little Creek is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
  • Little Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Falls is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Locks Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Locks Corner is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
    • Long Branch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Long Branch is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Mica
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Mica is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
    • Moss Neck
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Moss Neck is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Neck
    • Olive
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Olive is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
    • Part Little Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Part Little Falls is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Part Little Falls
    • Pullers Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Pullers Corner is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullers Corner
    • River Bend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • River Bend is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
    • Sales Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sales Corner is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Corner
    • Wildcat Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Wildcat Corner is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Corner
    • Will-More
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Will-More is located in Stafford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will-More
    • Young Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Young Corner is located in Caroline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Corner

How Far From Santee 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 Santee 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 community of Santee once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Santee and extending to:

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Santee to Bowling Green, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 50 miles [80.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,940 miles [9,559.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Santee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Santee 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.
<3>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 Santee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Santee 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 Santee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2187, Longitude: -77.3608       In this case, the coordinates for Santee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.12 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.596 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.106 degrees.