Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Mas Old Field Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mas Old Field Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mas Old Field Landing

• 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 Mas Old Field Landing:
  • 33.054334, -80.449544
  • 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 Mas Old Field 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 Colleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton County
  • Since Mas Old Field Landing is near Dorchester County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Mas Old Field Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mas Old Field 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.

• Burr Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Burr Hill is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
• Cottageville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cottageville is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottageville <1>
• Goodhope Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Goodhope Landing is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope Landing
• Grover
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Grover is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <1>
• Holly Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Holly Ridge is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
• Lincoln Green
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln Green is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Green
• Long Creek Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Long Creek Landing is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek Landing
• Norman Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Norman Landing is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Landing
• Prices Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Prices Landing is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Landing
• Red Oak Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Red Oak Corner is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Corner
• Round O
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Round O is located in Colleton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round O
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round O <1>
• Texas
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Texas is located in Dorchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

How Far From Mas Old Field Landing 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 Mas Old Field 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 Mas Old Field Landing and extending to:

• Walterboro, which is the Seat of Colleton County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mas Old Field Landing to Walterboro, 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 five to six hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 446 miles [717.8 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 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'