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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 Cohens Bluff Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cohens Bluff Landing 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 Cohens Bluff Landing:
    • 32.841552, -81.426495
    • 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 Cohens Bluff 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 Allendale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allendale County
    • Since Cohens Bluff Landing is near Screven County and also Hampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampton 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 Cohens Bluff Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cohens Bluff 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.

  • Dukes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Dukes is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
  • Farmdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmdale is located in Screven County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Gravel Hill ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Allendale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Green Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Hill is located in Screven County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Hilltonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Hilltonia is located in Screven County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltonia
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 262 people
  • Hunters
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters is located in Screven County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
  • King Creek Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • King Creek Landing is located in Allendale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Creek Landing
  • Lena
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lena is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Martins Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Martins Landing is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
  • Peeples ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Peeples is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
  • Red Bluff Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Bluff Landing is located in Allendale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Landing
  • Valentine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Valentine is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
  • Woods Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Woods Crossroads is located in Allendale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossroads

How Far From Cohens Bluff 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 Cohens Bluff 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 Cohens Bluff Landing and extending to:

  • Allendale, which is the Seat of Allendale County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cohens Bluff Landing to Allendale, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 83 miles [133.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 484 miles [778.9 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 6,352 miles [10,222.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,926 miles [7,927.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cohens Bluff 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 Cohens Bluff 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 Cohens Bluff Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8416, Longitude: -81.4265       In this case, the coordinates for Cohens Bluff Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.521 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.554 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.394 degrees.