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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 Good Hope Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Good Hope 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 Good Hope Landing:
    • 32.187981, -80.990666
    • 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 Good Hope 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 Good Hope Landing is near Beaufort County and also Chatham 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 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 Good Hope Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Good Hope 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.

  • Carver Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carver Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
  • Cherry Point Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Point Landing is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point Landing
  • Clearview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clearview is located in Chatham County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Cloverdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Chatham County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Cook Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cook Landing is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Landing
  • Copp Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Copp Landing is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copp Landing
  • Fleetwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fleetwood is located in Chatham County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
  • Florida Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Florida Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Junction
  • Garden City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • General Hamiltons Settlement ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Glasgow Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Glasgow Landing is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Landing
  • Golden Isles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Gordonston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gordonston is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonston
    • Green Acres
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Green Acres is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Harbor Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Harbor Creek is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Creek
    • Harbour Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
    • Heritage Woods
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Heritage Woods is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
    • Isle of Armstrong
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
    • Jasper
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jasper is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
    • Limehouse
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Limehouse is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehouse
    • Mill Stone Landing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mill Stone Landing is located in Jasper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Stone Landing
    • Mulberry Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Mulberry Grove is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
    • Pine Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Gardens is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gardens
    • Sunset Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Park is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
    • Thunderbolt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Victory Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Victory Heights is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
    • Wheat Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill

How Far From Good Hope 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 Good Hope 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 Good Hope Landing and extending to:

  • Ridgeland, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Good Hope Landing to Ridgeland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 125 miles [201.2 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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 513 miles [825.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,047 miles [11,341 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,934 miles [7,940.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Good Hope Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Good Hope 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 Good Hope Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1880, Longitude: -80.9907       In this case, the coordinates for Good Hope Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.26 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.161 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.409 degrees.