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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 Brickyard Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brickyard Village 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 Brickyard Village:
- 34.035155, -80.983146
- 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 Brickyard Village
- 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Since Brickyard Village is near Lexington County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Brickyard Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brickyard Village ...
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.
- Booker Washington Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Butchertown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Butchertown is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
- Dentsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edinburgh is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
- Forest Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Trace is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Trace
- Foxhall
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Foxhall is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Gregg Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gregg Park is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Park
- Heathwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Heathwood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
- Jiggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jiggs is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Meadow Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meadow Lake is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Ravenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ravenwood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rockbridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockbridge is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Rosewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Sandwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sandwood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwood
- Springwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Springwood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Brickyard Village 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 Brickyard Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brickyard Village and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Brickyard Village to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,855 miles [7,813.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brickyard Village) 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 Brickyard Village 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 Brickyard Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0352, Longitude: -80.9831 In this case, the coordinates for Brickyard Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.294 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.464 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.903 degrees. |
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