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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 Crestmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crestmont 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 Crestmont:
    • 35.089850, -81.618151
    • 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 Crestmont
  • 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Since Crestmont is near Cleveland County and also Spartanburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg 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 Crestmont

Communities Also Named Crestmont ...

We found seven communities that are also named Crestmont.

Within South Carolina, the name Crestmont is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Crestmont is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Crestmont that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Crestmont.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Crestmont is located in Hillsborough County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the south of the Crestmont that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Crestmont.
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Crestmont [Jefferson Parish].
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood County
      • This Crestmont is located in Haywood County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crestmont that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Crestmont.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton County
      • This Crestmont is located in Clinton County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Crestmont that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Crestmont.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Crestmont is located in Montgomery County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km] to the northeast of the Crestmont that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Crestmont.
      • Sullivan County
      • This Crestmont is located in Sullivan County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the north northeast of the Crestmont that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Crestmont.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crestmont ...

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 Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cherokee Falls is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Falls
  • Cherokee Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Ferry is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ferry
  • College Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • College Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Garden Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
  • Glenhaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Glenhaven is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhaven
  • Grassy Pond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grassy Pond is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Pond
  • Harmony Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
  • Hillbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hillbrook is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
  • Lawn ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawn is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn
  • Maplewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Maplewood is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Pleasant Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Meadows is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Meadows
  • Quail Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Rosehill Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rosehill Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Park
  • Tanglewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Tanglewood is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

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

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

  • Gaffney, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Crestmont 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 364 miles [585.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crestmont) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Crestmont 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 Crestmont 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 Crestmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0898, Longitude: -81.6182       In this case, the coordinates for Crestmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.67 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.047 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.848 degrees.