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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 Cedar Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Rock 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 Cedar Rock:
    • 34.874005, -82.640132
    • 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 Cedar Rock
  • 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 Cedar Rock 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 Cedar Rock

Communities Also Named Cedar Rock ...

We found four communities that are also named Cedar Rock.

Within South Carolina, the name Cedar Rock is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Warren County
      • This Cedar Rock is located in Warren County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Rock that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Cedar Rock.
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell County
      • This Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Rock that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Cedar Rock.
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cedar Rock [Franklin County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cedar Rock [Huntingdon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Rock ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Beverly is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Cherokee Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 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 southeast)
    • Holly Hill is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Kingsberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsberry is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsberry
  • Longcreek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Longcreek is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longcreek
  • Marshall Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marshall Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
  • Pageland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pageland is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
  • Pickens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pickensville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickensville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant View is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Twinbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Twinbrook is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinbrook
  • Vista Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Vista Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
  • Whispering Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

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

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

  • Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the West.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Rock to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,893 miles [7,874.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cedar Rock could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cedar Rock 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 Cedar Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8740, Longitude: -82.6401       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.263 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.697 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.311 degrees.