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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 Little Hell Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Hell Landing 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 Little Hell Landing:
- 33.061265, -81.563443
- 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 Little Hell 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 Allendale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allendale County
- Since Little Hell Landing is near Burke County and also Barnwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barnwell 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 Little Hell Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Hell 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.
- Boiling Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Hills Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Store is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Store
- King Creek Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- King Creek Landing is located in Allendale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Creek Landing
- Martin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Millett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millett is located in Allendale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Robbins ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robbins is located in Barnwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Rock Fence Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Fence Crossroads is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Fence Crossroads
- Steel Creek Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steel Creek Landing is located in Allendale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Creek Landing
- Stoney Bluff Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stoney Bluff Ferry is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Bluff Ferry
How Far From Little Hell Landing 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 Little Hell Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Hell Landing and extending to:
- Allendale, which is the Seat of Allendale County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Hell Landing to Allendale, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 475 miles [764.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,348 miles [10,216.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,923 miles [7,922.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Hell Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Little Hell Landing 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 Little Hell Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0613, Longitude: -81.5634 In this case, the coordinates for Little Hell Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.604 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.386 degrees. |
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