Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Botany Park:
  • 34.811504, -82.607077
  • 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 Botany Park

• 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 Botany Park 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 Botany Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Botany Park ...

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

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Botany Park 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 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Botany Park 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 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<3> 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).<4>
• 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).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'