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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 Sylvia Lane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sylvia Lane 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 Sylvia Lane:
- 32.789343, -80.047870
- 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 Sylvia Lane
- 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 Sylvia Lane is near Dorchester County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Sylvia Lane
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sylvia Lane ...
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.
- Dogwood Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Gardens is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Gardens
- Edgewater Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Forest Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Lakes is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lakes
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenwood Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
- Heathwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heathwood is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
- Hickory Hall Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillside is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Indigo Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indigo Point is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Point
- Johns Island Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Johns Island Ferry is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Island Ferry
- Limehouse Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limehouse Station is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehouse Station
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Magnolia Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Magnolia Ranch is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Ranch
- Marsh Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marsh Cove is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cove
- Maryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maryville is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Parsonage Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parsonage Point is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Point
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pinecrest is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Ponderosa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Sandy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Shell Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shell Point is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Stone Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stone Park is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Park
How Far From Sylvia Lane to ...
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 Sylvia Lane to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sylvia Lane and extending to:
- Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the East.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sylvia Lane to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Sylvia Lane) 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 Sylvia Lane 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 Sylvia Lane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7893, Longitude: -80.0479 In this case, the coordinates for Sylvia Lane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.752 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.662 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.909 degrees. |
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