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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 Avondale Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avondale Heights and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Avondale Heights:
    • 34.823727, -82.585965
    • 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 Avondale 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
    • Since Avondale Heights is near Anderson County and also Greenville 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 Greenville 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 Avondale Heights

Communities Also Named Avondale Heights ...

We found two communities that are also named Avondale Heights.

Within South Carolina, the name Avondale Heights is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • This Avondale Heights is located in Muscogee County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Avondale Heights that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Avondale Heights.
    • Kentucky
      • McCracken County
      • This Avondale Heights is located in McCracken County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Avondale Heights that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Avondale Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Avondale 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.

  • Cherokee Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest Park is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Heathwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Heathwood is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Holly Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Hill is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Kingsberry
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kingsberry is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsberry
  • Longcreek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Longcreek is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longcreek
  • Marshall Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Marshall Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
  • Pageland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pageland is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
  • Pickensville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pickensville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
  • Twinbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Twinbrook is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinbrook
  • Vista Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Vista Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
  • Whispering Pines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Avondale Heights to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Avondale Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Avondale Heights and extending to:

  • Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Avondale Heights to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,015 miles [11,289.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,893 miles [7,874.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Avondale Heights) 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 Avondale 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 Avondale Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8237, Longitude: -82.5860       In this case, the coordinates for Avondale Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.231 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.653 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.303 degrees.