Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Antreville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Antreville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Antreville

• 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 Antreville:
  • 34.304016, -82.542650
  • 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 Antreville

• 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 Abbeville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
  • Since Antreville is near Anderson County and also Elbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Elbert 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 Antreville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Antreville ...

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.

• Buck Stand
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Buck Stand is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Stand
• Cold Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cold Spring is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Dover ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dover is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Due West
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Due West is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Due West
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Due West <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Due West
  • From Antreville to Due West
• Fairs Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Fairs Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairs Crossroads
• Flat Rock
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Flat Rock is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
• Iris
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Iris is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
• Level Land
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Level Land
  • From Antreville to Level Land
• Meadow Fields
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow Fields is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fields
• Rocky River ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rocky River is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky River
• Storeville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Storeville is located in Anderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storeville

How Far From Antreville 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 Antreville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Antreville to Abbeville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'