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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 City View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to City View 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 City View:
    • 34.861506, -82.431512
    • 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 City View
  • 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Since City View is near Pickens County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 City View

Communities Also Named City View ...

We found four communities that are also named City View.

Within South Carolina, the name City View is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of City View [Lee County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Greer County
      • This City View is located in Greer County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<2> to the west of the City View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greer County community of City View.
    • Ontario
      • This City View lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the City View that is located in Greenville County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This City View is located in Allegheny County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the City View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of City View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near City View ...

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.

  • Chestnut Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • Enchanted Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
  • Greenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Hillandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillandale is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Hughes Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
  • Indian Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Mountain Shadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
  • Plainview Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainview Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
  • Stone Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Tanglewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • University Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • University Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • View Point Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • View Point Place is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point Place
    • Welcome
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Welcome is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • White Horse
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • White Horse is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
    • Woodside
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Woodside is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From City View 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 town such as City View to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from City View to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 City View 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- City View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 City View 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 City View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8615, Longitude: -82.4315       In this case, the coordinates for City View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.141 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.555 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.232 degrees.