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 Snug Harbor:
34.606212, -82.938480
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 Snug Harbor
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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seventeen communities that are also named Snug Harbor.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Snug Harbor.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Lexington County
This Snug Harbor is located in Lexington County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Snug Harbor.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alaska
This Snug Harbor lies 3,395 miles [5,463.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Snug Harbor is located in Fairfield County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Snug Harbor.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Snug Harbor is located in Sussex County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Snug Harbor.
Florida
Martin County
This Snug Harbor is located in Martin County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Snug Harbor.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Snug Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Snug Harbor.
Worcester County
This Snug Harbor is located in Worcester County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km] to the east northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Snug Harbor.
Massachusetts
Plymouth 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 Massachusetts community of Snug Harbor [Plymouth County].
Michigan
Chippewa County
This Snug Harbor is located in Chippewa County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the north of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Snug Harbor.
Ottawa County
This Snug Harbor is located in Ottawa County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km] to the north northwest of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Snug Harbor.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Snug Harbor is located in Ocean County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Snug Harbor.
North Carolina
Craven County
This Snug Harbor is located in Craven County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the east of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Snug Harbor.
Perquimans County
This Snug Harbor is located in Perquimans County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perquimans County community of Snug Harbor.
Rhode Island
Washington County
This Snug Harbor is located in Washington County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Snug Harbor.
Texas
Brazoria County
Although located in Brazoria County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Snug Harbor.
Virginia
Norfolk City
This Snug Harbor is located in Norfolk City and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Snug Harbor.
Washington
Clallam County
This Snug Harbor is located in Clallam County and lies 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Snug Harbor that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clallam County community of Snug Harbor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snug Harbor ...
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.
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 Snug Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snug Harbor and extending to:
Walhalla, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Snug Harbor to Walhalla, 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 440 miles [708.1 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Snug Harbor) 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 Snug Harbor 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 Snug Harbor 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 Snug Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6062, Longitude: -82.9385 In this case, the coordinates for Snug Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.432 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.853 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.50 degrees.