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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 Colonial Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colonial Hills 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 Colonial Hills:
    • 34.521772, -82.732081
    • 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 Colonial Hills
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Colonial Hills is near Hart County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 Colonial Hills

Communities Also Named Colonial Hills ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Colonial Hills.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Colonial Hills.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Greenville County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Colonial Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Madison County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the west of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Colonial Hills.
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the west southwest of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Colonial Hills.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Hillsborough County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the south of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Colonial Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Paulding County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Colonial Hills.
    • Indiana
      • Warrick 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 Indiana community of Colonial Hills [Warrick County].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Colonial Hills.
    • Mississippi
      • Oktibbeha County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Colonial Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Onslow County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the east of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Colonial Hills.
      • Orange County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Orange County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the east northeast of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Colonial Hills.
    • Ohio
      • 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 Ohio community of Colonial Hills [Franklin County].
      • Richland County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Richland County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the north of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Colonial Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Berks County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Colonial Hills.
      • Dauphin County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Dauphin County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the northeast of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Colonial Hills.
      • Mifflin County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Mifflin County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km] to the north northeast of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Colonial Hills.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Colonial Hills is located in Weber County and lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Colonial Hills that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Colonial Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Colonial Hills ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Clearview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Clearview is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Evergreen Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen Hills is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
  • Green Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Forest is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
  • Hidden Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hidden Lake is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
  • Hunters Trail
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hunters Trail is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Indian Hills is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Quail Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Quail Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
  • Regency Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Regency Park is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
  • Regency Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Regency Woods is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
  • Stonehaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Stonehaven is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven

How Far From Colonial Hills 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 Colonial Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Colonial Hills 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 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 436 miles [701.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Colonial Hills) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Colonial Hills 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 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 Colonial Hills 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 Colonial Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5218, Longitude: -82.7321       In this case, the coordinates for Colonial Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.31 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.70 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.442 degrees.