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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 White Point Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Point Landing 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 White Point Landing:
- 32.637126, -80.277044
- 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 White Point Landing
- 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 White Point Landing is near Colleton County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton 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 White Point Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Point 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.
- Adams Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baptist Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Baptist Hill is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Hill
- Bears Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bears Bluff is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Bluff
- Freedman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freedman is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedman
- Little Edisto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Edisto is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Edisto
- New Cut Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Cut Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut Landing
- Oakgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakgrove is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
- Pine Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Landing
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Steamboat Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Steamboat Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Landing
How Far From White Point Landing 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 White Point Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Point Landing and extending to:
- Charleston, which is the Seat of Charleston County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from White Point Landing to Charleston, with an average speed<3> 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 468 miles [753.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,310 miles [10,155 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,995 miles [11,257.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 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- White Point Landing) 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 White Point Landing 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 White Point Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6371, Longitude: -80.2770 In this case, the coordinates for White Point Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.876 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.783 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.033 degrees. |
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