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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 Cherokee Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherokee Forest 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 Cherokee Forest:
- 34.813449, -82.608188
- 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 Cherokee Forest
- 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 Cherokee Forest 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 Cherokee Forest
Communities Also Named Cherokee Forest ...
We found five communities that are also named Cherokee Forest.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Cherokee Forest.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Greenville County
- This Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County and lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cherokee Forest that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Cherokee Forest.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Cherokee Forest is located in Jefferson County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cherokee Forest that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cherokee Forest.
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This Cherokee Forest is located in Cherokee County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cherokee Forest that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cherokee Forest.
- Clarke County
- This Cherokee Forest is located in Clarke County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southwest of the Cherokee Forest that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Cherokee Forest.
- DeKalb County
- This Cherokee Forest is located in DeKalb County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southwest of the Cherokee Forest that is located in Pickens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Cherokee Forest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherokee Forest ...
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
- 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 Cherokee Forest 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 Cherokee Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherokee Forest 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 Cherokee Forest 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>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cherokee Forest) 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 Cherokee Forest 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 Cherokee Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8134, Longitude: -82.6082 In this case, the coordinates for Cherokee Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.243 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.666 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.314 degrees. |
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