Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hagan 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 Hagan Landing:
  • 33.061005, -79.915915
  • 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 Hagan 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
  • Since Hagan Landing is near Charleston County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Hagan Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hagan 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.

• Cedar Creek Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Creek Landing is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Landing
• Charity
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Charity is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
• Childsbury
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Childsbury is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childsbury
• Red Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Rice Hope
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rice Hope is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Hope
• Saw Mill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Saw Mill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill
• Stokes ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stokes is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
• Strawberry Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Strawberry Landing is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Landing
• Tarry Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
• Woodland Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Woodland Landing is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Landing

How Far From Hagan 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 Hagan 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 Hagan Landing and extending to:

• Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hagan Landing to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'