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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 Yacht Club Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yacht Club Estates 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 Yacht Club Estates:
- 32.406027, -80.665940
- 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 Yacht Club Estates
- 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
- Since Yacht Club Estates is near Jasper County and also Colleton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colleton 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 Yacht Club Estates
Communities Also Named Yacht Club Estates ...
We found one communities that are also named Yacht Club Estates.
Within South Carolina, the name Yacht Club Estates is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Yacht Club Estates in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This Yacht Club Estates is located in Cherokee County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yacht Club Estates that is located in Beaufort County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Yacht Club Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yacht Club Estates ...
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.
- Bluff Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Farm
- Gay Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gay Oaks is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Oaks
- Hazel Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hazel Farm is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Farm
- Mariners Watch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mariners Watch is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Watch
- Marsh Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marsh Harbor is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Harbor
- Mink Point Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Orange Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Partridge Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Partridge Woods is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Woods
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Run is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Red Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Red Oak is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Riverwind
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Riverwind is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwind
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Yacht Club Estates 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 Yacht Club Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yacht Club Estates and extending to:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Yacht Club Estates to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 492 miles [791.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Yacht Club Estates) 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 Yacht Club Estates 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 Yacht Club Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4060, Longitude: -80.6659 In this case, the coordinates for Yacht Club Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.086 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.992 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.235 degrees. |
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