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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 Pleasant Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Point 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 Pleasant Point:
    • 32.472690, -80.678995
    • 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 Pleasant Point
  • 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 Pleasant Point 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 Pleasant Point

Communities Also Named Pleasant Point ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Pleasant Point.

Within South Carolina, the name Pleasant Point is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Lincoln County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pleasant Point [Lincoln County].
    • Maine
      • Knox County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Knox County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Pleasant Point.
      • Washington County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Washington County and lies 1,129 miles [1,816.9 km] to the northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Manitoba
      • This Pleasant Point lies 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pleasant Point [Oswego County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Pleasant Point lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
    • Ontario
      • This Pleasant Point lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<2> to the north of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pleasant Point [Claiborne County].
      • Lawrence County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Texas
      • Johnson County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Johnson County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<2> to the west of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Norfolk City and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Pleasant Point.
      • Surry County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Surry County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km] to the north northeast of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Pleasant Point.
    • Wisconsin
      • Green Lake County
      • This Pleasant Point is located in Green Lake County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pleasant Point that is located in Beaufort County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green Lake County community of Pleasant Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Point ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
  • Daniels
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Daniels is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
  • Grays Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Grays Hill is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Hill
  • Lucy Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] 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 east)
    • Mark Island is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Island
  • Marsh Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Marsh Harbor is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Harbor
  • Marsh Hawk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pepper Hill is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Hill
  • 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From Pleasant Point 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 Pleasant Point to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the South.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Point 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 488 miles [785.4 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<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,908 miles [7,898.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pleasant Point 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Point) 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 Pleasant Point 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 Pleasant Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4727, Longitude: -80.6790       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.095 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.011 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.222 degrees.