Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mark Island:
  • 32.474357, -80.668439
  • 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 Mark Island

• 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 Mark Island is near Jasper County and also Colleton 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 Colleton 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 Mark Island

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mark Island ...

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.

• Bluff Farm
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
• Daniels
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Daniels is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
• Lucy Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lucy Creek is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Creek
• Marsh Harbor
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Marsh Harbor is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Harbor
• Marsh Hawk
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Marsh Hawk is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hawk
• Partridge Woods
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Partridge Woods is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Woods
• Pepper Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pepper Hill is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Hill
• Pleasant Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pleasant Point is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
• Quail Run
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Quail Run is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
• Rivers Edge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Rivers Edge is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
• Salt Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Salt Creek is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
• Walnut Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Walnut Hill is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From Mark Island 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 Mark Island to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Mark Island to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 487 miles [783.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'