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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 Waterway Arms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waterway Arms and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Waterway Arms:
    • 32.780176, -79.858418
    • 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 Waterway Arms
  • 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 Waterway Arms is near Berkeley County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Waterway Arms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waterway Arms ...

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.

  • Avian Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Avian Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avian Park
  • Creekside Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Creekside Park is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Park
  • Forest Trail
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Forest Trail is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Trail
  • Green Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Hill is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Harbor View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Harbor View is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
  • Harbor Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harbor Woods is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Woods
  • Harborgate
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harborgate is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborgate
  • Heritage
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Heritage is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
  • Hickory Shadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hickory Shadows is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Shadows
  • Island-of-Palms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
  • Lighthouse Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lighthouse Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Point
  • Marsh Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marsh Point is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Miltons Ferry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Miltons Ferry is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miltons Ferry
    • Mount Pleasant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oyster Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Oyster Point is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Point
    • Parish Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Parish Place is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Place
    • Parrot Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Parrot Point is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrot Point
    • Three Trees
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Three Trees is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Trees

How Far From Waterway Arms to ...

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 Waterway Arms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Waterway Arms and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies just to the West.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Waterway Arms to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 450 miles [724.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Waterway Arms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Waterway Arms 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 Waterway Arms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7802, Longitude: -79.8584       In this case, the coordinates for Waterway Arms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.648 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.541 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.844 degrees.