Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Barrell Landing:
  • 32.295198, -80.930665
  • 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 Barrell Landing

• 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
  • Since Barrell Landing is near Jasper County and also Effingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham 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 Barrell Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrell Landing ...

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.

• Cherry Point Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cherry Point Landing is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point Landing
• Cook Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cook Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Landing
• Copp Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Copp Landing is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copp Landing
• Glasgow Landing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Glasgow Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Landing
• Good Hope Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Good Hope Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Landing
• Hickory Bluff
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Bluff is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
• Horse Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Horse Landing is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
• Jasper
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jasper is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
• Limehouse
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Limehouse is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehouse
• Mill Stone Landing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mill Stone Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Stone Landing
• Old House
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Old House is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old House
• Spanish Wells
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spanish Wells is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Wells
• Switzerland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Switzerland is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
• Windmill Harbor
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Windmill Harbor is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Harbor

How Far From Barrell Landing 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 Barrell Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Barrell Landing and extending to:

• Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barrell Landing to Beaufort, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,927 miles [7,929.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'