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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 Arcadia Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arcadia Heights 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 Arcadia Heights:
- 34.956232, -81.999827
- 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 Arcadia Heights
- 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 Spartanburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
- Since Arcadia Heights is near Greenville County and also Union 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 Union 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 Arcadia Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arcadia Heights ...
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.
- Camelot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cold Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Fairforest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fox Hunt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fox Hunt is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hunt
- Hidden Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hub City Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
- Lone Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Park Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Peachtree Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
- Pebblebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pinnacle Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
- Raintree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Stone Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
- Summerhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Willow Wood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
How Far From Arcadia Heights 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 Arcadia Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arcadia Heights and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the East.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Arcadia Heights to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 386 miles [621.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arcadia Heights) 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 Arcadia Heights 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 Arcadia Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9562, Longitude: -81.9998 In this case, the coordinates for Arcadia Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.891 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.281 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.035 degrees. |
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