Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Daufuskie Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daufuskie Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Daufuskie Landing

• 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 Daufuskie Landing:
  • 32.104376, -80.885388
  • 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 Daufuskie 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 Daufuskie Landing is near Jasper County and also Chatham 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 Chatham 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 Daufuskie Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Daufuskie 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.

• Cook Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cook Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Landing
• Forest Beach
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Forest Beach is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
• Glasgow Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Glasgow Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Landing
• Golden Isles
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden Isles is located in Chatham County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Isles
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Isles <1>
• Good Hope Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Hope Landing is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Landing
• Harbor Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Harbor Creek is located in Chatham County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Creek
• Harbour Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
• Heritage Woods
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Heritage Woods is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
• Point Comfort
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
• Sea Pines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sea Pines is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Pines
• Spanish Wells
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Spanish Wells is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Wells

How Far From Daufuskie Landing 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 community such as Daufuskie Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Daufuskie Landing and extending to:

• Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Daufuskie Landing to Beaufort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 516 miles [830.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,361 miles [10,237 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,933 miles [7,938.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'