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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 Hallmark:
34.051817, -81.166485
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We found one communities that are also named Hallmark.
Within South Carolina, the name Hallmark is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Hallmark in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Howard County
This Hallmark is located in Howard County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hallmark that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Hallmark.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hallmark ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hallmark to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hallmark and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Hallmark to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hallmark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 Hallmark 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 Hallmark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0518, Longitude: -81.1665 In this case, the coordinates for Hallmark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.399 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.586 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.967 degrees.