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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 Creekside Villas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Creekside Villas 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 Creekside Villas:
    • 34.920950, -82.344840
    • 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 Creekside Villas
  • 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 Creekside Villas is near Spartanburg County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Creekside Villas

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creekside Villas ...

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.

  • Cherokee Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Forest View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Green Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
  • Green Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Nursery ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Nursery is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Oak Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Hollow is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
  • Paris
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Paris is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Pebble Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pebble Creek is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
  • Peppertree
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Peppertree is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pine Knott Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Knott Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knott Forest
    • Piney Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Rosedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosedale is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Seven Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Shady Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
    • Willow Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Willow Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights

How Far From Creekside Villas 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 Creekside Villas to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Creekside Villas and extending to:

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Creekside Villas to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 401 miles [645.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Creekside Villas) 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 Creekside Villas 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 Creekside Villas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9209, Longitude: -82.3448       In this case, the coordinates for Creekside Villas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.091 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.507 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.181 degrees.