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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 Seabrook Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seabrook Landing 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 Seabrook Landing:
    • 32.259369, -80.740663
    • 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 Seabrook 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
    • Since Seabrook Landing is near Jasper County and also Chatham 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 Chatham 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 Seabrook Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seabrook 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.

  • Folly Field
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Folly Field is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Field
  • Gator Field
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gator Field is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gator Field
  • Grasslawn Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Grasslawn Beach is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslawn Beach
  • Hickory Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Bluff is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
  • Hickory Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • Honey Horn Plantation
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Honey Horn Plantation is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Horn Plantation
  • Horse Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Horse Landing is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
  • Indigo Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Indigo Run is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Run
  • Otter Hole
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Otter Hole is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hole
  • Windmill Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Windmill Harbor is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Harbor
  • Wood Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wood Lake is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake

How Far From Seabrook 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 Seabrook 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 Seabrook Landing and extending to:

  • Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Seabrook Landing to Beaufort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,348 miles [10,216.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,032 miles [11,316.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,919 miles [7,916.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seabrook Landing) 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 Seabrook Landing 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 Seabrook Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2594, Longitude: -80.7407       In this case, the coordinates for Seabrook Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.124 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.014 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.301 degrees.