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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 Shannon Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shannon Park 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 Shannon Park:
- 33.008505, -80.040642
- 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 Shannon Park
- 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Shannon Park is near Charleston County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Shannon Park
Communities Also Named Shannon Park ...
We found four communities that are also named Shannon Park.
Within South Carolina, the name Shannon Park is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- This Shannon Park is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Shannon Park that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Shannon Park.
- Rockingham County
- This Shannon Park is located in Rockingham County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km] to the north of the Shannon Park that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Shannon Park.
- Rowan County
- This Shannon Park is located in Rowan County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the north of the Shannon Park that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Shannon Park.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Shannon Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shannon Park ...
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.
- Boulder Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Boulder Bluff is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Bluff
- College Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- College Park is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Deer Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Goose Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goose Creek Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Goose Creek Heights is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Heights
- Grove Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Hall is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
- Harbour Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbour Lake is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Lake
- Holly Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holly Court is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Court
- Hound Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hound Run is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hound Run
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Maple Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Mount Holly
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stokes is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Tall PInes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tall PInes is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall PInes
- Willowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
How Far From Shannon Park 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 Shannon Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shannon Park and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Shannon Park to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 439 miles [706.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Shannon Park) 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 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 Shannon Park 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Shannon Park 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 Shannon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0085, Longitude: -80.0406 In this case, the coordinates for Shannon Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.751 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.693 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.844 degrees. |
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