Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Polly 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 Polly Landing:
  • 33.509330, -80.427031
  • 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 Polly 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 Clarendon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarendon County
  • Since Polly Landing is near Orangeburg County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Polly Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Polly 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.

• Bull Station
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bull Station is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Station
• Fountain Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fountain Lake is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
• Green Town
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
• Little Belvidere
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Belvidere is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Belvidere
• Log Jam Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Log Jam Landing is located in Clarendon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Jam Landing
• Nelsons Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Nelsons Ferry is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
• Oaks Crossroads
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Oaks Crossroads is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks Crossroads
• Possum Town
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
• Providence
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Providence is located in Orangeburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Rodgers
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Rodgers is located in Clarendon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers

How Far From Polly Landing to ...

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

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

• Manning, which is the Seat of Clarendon County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Polly Landing to Manning, with an average speed<2> 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'