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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 Craytonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craytonville 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 Craytonville:
- 34.436221, -82.482905
- 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 Craytonville
- 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 Craytonville is near Abbeville County and also Greenville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville 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 Craytonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Craytonville ...
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.
- Cheddar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cheddar is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheddar
- Clover Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Due West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Fox Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Valley is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Valley
- Foxville Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Foxville Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville Crossroads
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Heritage Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Hills is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Level Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Long Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Long Meadows is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
- Meadow Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Brook is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Meadow Fields
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadow Fields is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fields
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Meadow Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadow Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Murray ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Murray is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Pinecrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Storeville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Storeville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storeville
How Far From Craytonville 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 Craytonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Craytonville and extending to:
- Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Craytonville to Anderson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 430 miles [692 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 6,326 miles [10,180.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 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- Craytonville) 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 Craytonville 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 Craytonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4362, Longitude: -82.4829 In this case, the coordinates for Craytonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.163 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.519 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.367 degrees. |
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