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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 Indigo Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indigo Run and the surrounding area.
- 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 Indigo Run:
- 32.202150, -80.730386
- 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 Indigo Run
- 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 Indigo Run 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 Indigo Run
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indigo Run ...
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.
- Folly Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Folly Field is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Field
- Forest Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Beach is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
- Gator Field
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gator Field is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gator Field
- Grasslawn Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grasslawn Beach is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslawn Beach
- Hickory Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Hickory Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Forest is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
- Honey Horn Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Horse Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
- Lighthouse Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lighthouse Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Landing
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Otter Hole
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Otter Hole is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hole
- Point Comfort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Shelter Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shelter Cove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Cove
- Spanish Wells
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spanish Wells is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Wells
- Windmill Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Windmill Harbor is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Harbor
- Wood Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wood Lake is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
How Far From Indigo Run 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 Indigo Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Indigo Run and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Indigo Run to Beaufort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- 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 506 miles [814.3 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 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,921 miles [7,919.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Indigo Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Indigo Run 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 Indigo Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2022, Longitude: -80.7304 In this case, the coordinates for Indigo Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.117 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.998 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.312 degrees. |
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