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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 Shipyard Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shipyard Plantation 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 Shipyard Plantation:
- 32.154375, -80.747608
- 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 Shipyard Plantation
- 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 Shipyard Plantation 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 Shipyard Plantation
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shipyard Plantation ...
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 northeast)
- Folly Field is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Field
- Forest Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forest Beach is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Beach
- Harbour Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
- Heritage Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Woods is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
- Hickory Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Honey Horn Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indigo Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indigo Run is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Run
- Lighthouse Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lighthouse Landing is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Landing
- Otter Hole
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Otter Hole is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hole
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Point Comfort
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Sea Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sea Pines is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Pines
- Shelter Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shelter Cove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Cove
- Spanish Wells
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Wells is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Wells
- Windmill Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Windmill Harbor is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Harbor
- Wood Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Lake is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake
How Far From Shipyard Plantation 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 Shipyard Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shipyard Plantation and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Shipyard Plantation to Beaufort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 510 miles [820.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over 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 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,924 miles [7,924.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Shipyard Plantation) 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 Shipyard Plantation 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 Shipyard Plantation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1544, Longitude: -80.7476 In this case, the coordinates for Shipyard Plantation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.125 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.001 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.331 degrees. |
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