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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 Sherwood Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sherwood Terrace 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 Sherwood Terrace:
- 35.146227, -82.674293
- 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 Sherwood Terrace
- 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 Transylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
- Since Sherwood Terrace is near Greenville County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Sherwood Terrace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherwood Terrace ...
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.
- Cedar Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Falls Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Falls Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
- Glen Cannon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glen Cannon is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cannon
- Knob Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Knob Creek is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Knob Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Knob Hill is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Knob Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Knob Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Ridge
- Line Runner Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Line Runner Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Runner Ridge
- Little River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little River is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Piney Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Piney Woods is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Seven Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Slick Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slick Rock is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Stoney Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stoney Brook is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Sweetwater Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sweetwater Farms is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Farms
How Far From Sherwood Terrace 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 Sherwood Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sherwood Terrace and extending to:
- Brevard, which is the Seat of Transylvania County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sherwood Terrace to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,302 miles [10,142.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sherwood Terrace) 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 Sherwood Terrace 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 Sherwood Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1462, Longitude: -82.6743 In this case, the coordinates for Sherwood Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.288 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.765 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.25 degrees. |
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