Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Harbour Town:
  • 32.137708, -80.808720
  • 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 Harbour Town

• 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 Harbour Town 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 Harbour Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harbour Town ...

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.

• Forest Beach
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Forest Beach is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
• Heritage Woods
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Heritage Woods is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
• Hickory Bluff
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Bluff is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
• Honey Horn Plantation
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Honey Horn Plantation is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Horn Plantation
• Indigo Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Indigo Run is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Run
• Lighthouse Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lighthouse Landing is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Landing
• Otter Hole
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Otter Hole is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hole
• Point Comfort
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
• Sea Pines
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sea Pines is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Pines
• Shelter Cove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shelter Cove is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Cove
• Spanish Wells
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Spanish Wells is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Wells
• Windmill Harbor
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Windmill Harbor is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Harbor

How Far From Harbour Town to ...

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 Harbour Town to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Harbour Town and extending to:

• Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harbour Town to Beaufort, with an average speed<2> 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 129 miles [207.6 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 512 miles [824 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over 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 6,356 miles [10,229 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,928 miles [7,930.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'