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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 Lynnwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lynnwood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lynnwood:
    • 32.727956, -79.959257
    • 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 Lynnwood
  • 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 Charleston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
    • Since Lynnwood is near Berkeley County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Lynnwood

Communities Also Named Lynnwood ...

We found ten communities that are also named Lynnwood.

Within South Carolina, the name Lynnwood is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Lynnwood lies 2,186 miles [3,518 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lynnwood that is located in Charleston County.
    • Georgia
      • Catoosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lynnwood [Catoosa County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lynnwood [Cook County].
      • Kendall County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lynnwood [Kendall County].
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Lynnwood is located in Fayette County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the north of the Lynnwood that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lynnwood.
      • Luzerne County
      • This Lynnwood is located in Luzerne County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the north northeast of the Lynnwood that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Lynnwood.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Lynnwood is located in Rockingham County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the north of the Lynnwood that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Lynnwood.
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Lynnwood is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the northeast of the Lynnwood that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Lynnwood.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • This Lynnwood is located in Snohomish County and lies 2,424 miles [3,901 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lynnwood that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Lynnwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lynnwood ...

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.

  • Bayfront
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Bayfront is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfront
  • Centerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Clarks Sound
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clarks Sound is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Sound
  • Creek Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Creek Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Point
  • Green Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Green Hill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Harbor Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Harbor Woods is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Woods
  • Honey Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Honey Hill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
  • James Island
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Landsdowne
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Landsdowne is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsdowne
  • Laurel Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Laurel Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
  • Oceanview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oceanview is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanview
  • Oyster Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Oyster Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quail Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Quail Run is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Riverpoint
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Riverpoint is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverpoint
    • Riverview
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Riverview is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Seaside
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Seaside is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside
    • Three Trees
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Three Trees is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Trees
    • Tidalview
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Tidalview is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidalview

How Far From Lynnwood to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lynnwood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lynnwood and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lynnwood to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Lynnwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lynnwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Lynnwood 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 Lynnwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7280, Longitude: -79.9593       In this case, the coordinates for Lynnwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.702 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.596 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.894 degrees.