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 Strawberry Landing:
33.092115, -79.944249
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.
We found one communities that share the name Strawberry Landing.
Within South Carolina, the name Strawberry Landing is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Strawberry Landing in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
Sussex County
This Strawberry Landing is located in Sussex County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Strawberry Landing that is located in Berkeley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Strawberry Landing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strawberry 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.
Boulder Bluff (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Strawberry Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Strawberry Landing and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Strawberry Landing to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 432 miles [695.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Strawberry Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Strawberry Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0921, Longitude: -79.9442 In this case, the coordinates for Strawberry Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Strawberry Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.699 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.645 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.786 degrees.