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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 Copp Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Copp 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 Copp Landing:
- 32.306310, -80.844275
- 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 Copp 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 Copp Landing is near Jasper County and also Effingham 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 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 Copp Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Copp 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherry Point Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point Landing
- Forest Fields
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Fields is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Fields
- Gator Field
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gator Field is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gator Field
- Green Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Pond is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Hickory Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Hickory Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Forest is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Honey Horn Plantation
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
- Indigo Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Indigo Run is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Run
- Jasper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jasper is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Pleasant Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Farm
- Quail Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- River Reach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- River Reach is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Reach
- Shell Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Shell Point park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Point park is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point park
- Spanish Wells
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Wells is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Wells
- Tanglewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Windmill Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windmill Harbor is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Harbor
How Far From Copp 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 Copp 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 Copp Landing and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Copp Landing to Beaufort, 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 117 miles [188.3 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 502 miles [807.9 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 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,035 miles [11,321.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Copp 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 Copp 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 Copp Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3063, Longitude: -80.8443 In this case, the coordinates for Copp Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.182 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.088 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.325 degrees. |
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