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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 Bolon Hall Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bolon Hall Landing and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bolon Hall Landing:
- 32.419637, -80.851496
- 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 Bolon Hall 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Bolon Hall Landing is near Beaufort County and also Effingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort 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 Bolon Hall Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bolon Hall 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Point Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point Landing
- Copp Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Copp Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copp Landing
- Forest Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Fields is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Fields
- Grahamville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Green Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Pond is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Irongate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irongate is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
- Jasper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Mink Point Plantation
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Old House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old House is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old House
- Peace Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peace Haven is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Haven
- Pleasant Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farm
- Quail Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quail Ridge is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- River Reach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- River Reach is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Reach
- Salt Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Salt Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
- Shell Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Shell Point park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shell Point park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point park
- Tanglewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tanglewood is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Bolon Hall 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 Bolon Hall 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 Bolon Hall Landing and extending to:
- Ridgeland, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Bolon Hall Landing 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 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bolon Hall 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 Bolon Hall 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 Bolon Hall Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4196, Longitude: -80.8515 In this case, the coordinates for Bolon Hall Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.189 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.112 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.298 degrees. |
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