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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 Cleveland Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cleveland Forest 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 Cleveland Forest:
    • 34.840396, -82.388455
    • 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 Cleveland 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Since Cleveland Forest 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 Cleveland Forest

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cleveland 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.

  • Chestnut Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • City View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • City View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
  • Elizabeth Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Elizabeth Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Heights
  • Enchanted Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
  • Forest View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Forest View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Green Fields
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Fields is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Fields
  • Green Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Greenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hermitage Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • Hillandale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hillandale is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Hughes Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
  • Kingsgate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Liberty Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
    • Marshall Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Marshall Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Forest
    • Orchard Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Orchard Park is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
    • Paris
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Paris is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Pine Knott Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Knott Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knott Forest
    • Piney Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Plainview Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Plainview Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
    • Rosedale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosedale is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Royal Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Royal Oaks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Shady Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
    • Spring Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
    • Stone Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
    • Supreme Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Supreme Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme Forest
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Timberlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Timberlake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • University Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • University Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • View Point Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • View Point Place is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point Place
    • Welcome
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Welcome is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • White Horse
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • White Horse is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
    • Willow Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Willow Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights
    • Woodside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Woodside is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Cleveland Forest to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cleveland Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cleveland Forest and extending to:

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Cleveland Forest to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cleveland Forest) 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 Cleveland 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 Cleveland Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8404, Longitude: -82.3885       In this case, the coordinates for Cleveland Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.115 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.523 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.221 degrees.