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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 Seaside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seaside and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Seaside:
    • 32.711567, -79.941478
    • 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 Seaside
  • 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 Charleston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston County
    • Since Seaside is near Berkeley County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Seaside

Communities Also Named Seaside ...

We found ten communities that are also named Seaside.

Within South Carolina, the name Seaside is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=32.711567&lon=-79.941478&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Seaside.
    • California
      • Monterey County
      • This Seaside is located in Monterey County and lies 2,375 miles [3,822.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seaside that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Seaside.
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This Seaside is located in New London County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Seaside that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Seaside.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Seaside [Hillsborough County].
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Seaside [Monroe County].
      • Walton County
      • This Seaside is located in Walton County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Seaside that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Seaside.
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Seaside is located in Queens County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Seaside that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Seaside.
      • Richmond County
      • This Seaside is located in Richmond County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the north northeast of the Seaside that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Seaside.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Seaside is located in Brunswick County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Seaside that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Seaside.
    • Oregon
      • Clatsop County
      • This Seaside is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,483 miles [3,996 km]<1> to the northwest of the Seaside that is located in Charleston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Seaside.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seaside ...

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.

  • Bayfront
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayfront is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfront
  • Centerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Clarks Sound
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Clarks Sound is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Sound
  • Creek Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Creek Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Point
  • Green Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Hill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Harbor Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harbor Woods is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Woods
  • Honey Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Honey Hill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
  • James Island
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Landsdowne
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Landsdowne is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsdowne
  • Lighthouse Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lighthouse Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Point
  • Marsh Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Marsh Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Point
  • Oceanview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Oceanview is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanview
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Oyster Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Oyster Point is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Point
    • Parrot Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Parrot Point is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrot Point
    • Quail Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Quail Run is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Riverpoint
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverpoint is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverpoint
    • Riverview
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Riverview is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Three Trees
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Three Trees is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Trees
    • Tidalview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tidalview is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidalview

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

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

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the North.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Seaside to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 457 miles [735.5 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 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Seaside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Seaside 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.
<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 Seaside 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 Seaside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7116, Longitude: -79.9415       In this case, the coordinates for Seaside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.692 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.582 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.892 degrees.