Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sparkleberry Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sparkleberry Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4779, Longitude: -78.2064 In this case, the coordinates for Sparkleberry Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).