Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Arial:
  • 34.845949, -82.641522
  • 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 Arial

• 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
  • Since Arial is near Greenville County and also Anderson 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 Anderson 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 Arial

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arial ...

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.

• Beverly
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Beverly is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
• Cedar Rock
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cedar Rock is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
• Cherokee Forest
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherokee Forest is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
• Holly Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Holly Hill is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
• Kingsberry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingsberry is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsberry
• Liberty
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,150 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <1>
• Marshall Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Marshall Heights is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
• Pageland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pageland is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
• Pickens
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pickens is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,185 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pickens <1>
• Pickensville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pickensville is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
• Rosewood Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosewood Heights is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
• Twinbrook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Twinbrook is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinbrook
• Vista Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Vista Heights is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
• Whispering Pines
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Whispering Pines is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

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

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

• Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Arial to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 417 miles [671.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'