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

  • Weather ...
  • 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:
    • 32.439720, -80.678441
    • 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
  • 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 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

Communities Also Named Beaufort ...

We found seven communities that are also named Beaufort.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Beaufort.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Lancaster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Beaufort [Lancaster County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Baraga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Beaufort [Baraga County].
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This Beaufort is located in Franklin County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Beaufort that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Beaufort.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Beaufort lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beaufort that is located in Beaufort County.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • This Beaufort is located in Essex County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beaufort that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Beaufort.
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Beaufort is located in Carteret County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Beaufort that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Beaufort.
    • Quebec
      • This Beaufort lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beaufort that is located in Beaufort County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaufort ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
  • Gay Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gay Oaks is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Oaks
  • Hazel Farm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel Farm is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Farm
  • Lucy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucy Creek is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Creek
  • Mariners Watch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mariners Watch is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Watch
  • Mark Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mark Island is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Island
  • Marsh Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Marsh Harbor is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Harbor
  • Marsh Hawk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marsh Hawk is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hawk
  • Mink Point Plantation
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mink Point Plantation is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Point Plantation
  • Orange Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Orange Grove is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
  • Partridge Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Partridge Woods is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Woods
  • Peace Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Peace Haven is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Haven
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Pepper Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pepper Hill is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Hill
    • Pleasant Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Point is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
    • Quail Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Quail Run is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Red Oak
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Oak is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
    • Riverwind
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Riverwind is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwind
    • Salt Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Salt Creek is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Walnut Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From Beaufort 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 city such as Beaufort to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaufort and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Beaufort to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 490 miles [788.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,337 miles [10,198.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Beaufort 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beaufort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4397, Longitude: -80.6784    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.094 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.005 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.23 degrees.