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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 Cedar Reef Villas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Reef Villas 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 Cedar Reef Villas:
- 32.405192, -80.432604
- 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 Cedar Reef Villas
- 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 Cedar Reef Villas is near Colleton County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Cedar Reef Villas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Reef Villas ...
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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
- Daniels
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Daniels is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
- Freedman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedman is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedman
- Frogmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Gay Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gay Oaks is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Oaks
- Hazel Farm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hazel Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Farm
- Longwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Longwood is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Lucy Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lucy Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Creek
- Marsh Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marsh Harbor is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Harbor
- Marsh Hawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marsh Hawk is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hawk
- Orange Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Orange Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Partridge Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Partridge Woods is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Woods
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pepper Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pepper Hill is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Hill
- Pine Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Landing
- Quail Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Quail Run is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Red Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Red Oak is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Rivers Edge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rivers Edge is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Walnut Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Cedar Reef Villas 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 Cedar Reef Villas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cedar Reef Villas and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Reef Villas 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 four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 487 miles [783.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,899 miles [7,884.2 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- Cedar Reef Villas) 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 Cedar Reef Villas 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 Cedar Reef Villas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4052, Longitude: -80.4326 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Reef Villas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.957 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.843 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.152 degrees. |
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