Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Battery Marina Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Battery Marina Village and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Battery Marina Village

• 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 Battery Marina Village:
  • 32.378807, -80.719551
  • 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 Battery Marina Village

• 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 Battery Marina Village is near Jasper County and also Colleton 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 Colleton 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 Battery Marina Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Battery Marina Village ...

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.

• Forest Fields
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Fields is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Fields
• Green Pond
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Green Pond is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
• Mariners Watch
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mariners Watch is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Watch
• Mink Point Plantation
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mink Point Plantation is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Point Plantation
• Orange Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange Grove is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
• Pleasant Farm
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Farm is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farm
• Quail Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Quail Ridge is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
• River Reach
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • River Reach is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Reach
• Riverwind
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverwind is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwind
• Shell Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
• Shell Point park
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Shell Point park is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point park
• Tanglewood
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Tanglewood is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

How Far From Battery Marina Village 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 Battery Marina Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Battery Marina Village to Columbia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 495 miles [796.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of 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 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,027 miles [11,308.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'