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 Jason:
34.664542, -83.078764
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.
We found three communities that are also named Jason.
Within South Carolina, the name Jason is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Leslie County
This Jason is located in Leslie County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the north of the Jason that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leslie County community of Jason.
Todd County
This Jason is located in Todd County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the northwest of the Jason that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Jason.
North Carolina
Greene County
This Jason is located in Greene County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the east of the Jason that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Jason.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jason ...
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 Jason to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jason and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Jason to Columbia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 443 miles [712.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jason) 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 Jason 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 Jason. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6645, Longitude: -83.0788 In this case, the coordinates for Jason have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.516 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.958 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.54 degrees.