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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 Beaufort County Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaufort County Landing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Beaufort County 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 Beaufort County Landing:
- 32.323531, -80.605385
- 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 Beaufort County 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 Beaufort County Landing 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 Beaufort County Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaufort County 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.
- Bluff Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
- Frogmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Gator Field
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gator Field is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gator Field
- Gay Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gay Oaks is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Oaks
- Grasslawn Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grasslawn Beach is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslawn Beach
- Hazel Farm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Farm
- Hickory Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Forest is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Lands End
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lands End is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
- Longwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Longwood is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Mariners Watch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mariners Watch is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Watch
- Mink Point Plantation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Quail Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quail Run is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Red Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oak is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Riverwind
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverwind is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwind
- Shell Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Shell Point park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Point park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point park
- Tanglewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Beaufort County Landing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beaufort County 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 Beaufort County Landing and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beaufort County Landing to Beaufort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 118 miles [189.9 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 496 miles [798.2 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 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Beaufort County Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Beaufort County Landing 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 Beaufort County Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3235, Longitude: -80.6054 In this case, the coordinates for Beaufort County Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.051 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.939 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.236 degrees. |
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