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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 Crane Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crane 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 Crane Forest:
- 34.090430, -81.053980
- 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 Crane 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Since Crane Forest is near Lexington County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Crane Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crane 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.
- Apple Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Booker Washington Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Butchertown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Butchertown is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
- Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Dutch Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dutch Square is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Square
- Dutchbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchbrook is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchbrook
- Elm Abode
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elm Abode is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Abode
- Emerald Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Valley
- Evergreen Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evergreen Park is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Frost
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frost is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Jiggs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jiggs is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Kingswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingswood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Lost Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Meadow Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Lake is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Munster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Munster is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Riverside Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Forest
- Rockgate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockgate is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgate
How Far From Crane 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 Crane Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Crane Forest and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the South.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Crane Forest to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,974 miles [11,223.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 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 from Point A (ie- Crane 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 Crane 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 Crane Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0904, Longitude: -81.0540 In this case, the coordinates for Crane Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.335 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.519 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.914 degrees. |
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