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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 Marsh Hawk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marsh Hawk 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 Marsh Hawk:
    • 32.480190, -80.640939
    • 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 Marsh Hawk
  • 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 Marsh Hawk is near Colleton County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Marsh Hawk

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marsh Hawk ...

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

How Far From Marsh Hawk 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 Marsh Hawk to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Marsh Hawk 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 486 miles [782.1 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 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,019 miles [11,296 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Marsh Hawk) 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 Marsh Hawk 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 Marsh Hawk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4802, Longitude: -80.6409       In this case, the coordinates for Marsh Hawk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.074 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.988 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.206 degrees.