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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 Dacusville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dacusville 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 Dacusville:
    • 34.935289, -82.558824
    • 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 Dacusville
  • 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
    • Since Dacusville is near Greenville County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Dacusville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dacusville ...

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.

  • Cedar Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Rock is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
  • Enchanted Forest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
  • Georgetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Heathwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Heathwood is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Holly Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly Hill is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Indian Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Liberia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberia is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
  • Longcreek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Longcreek is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longcreek
  • Marshall Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Marshall Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mountain Shadows
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
    • Pleasant View
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant View is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pumpkintown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pumpkintown is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
    • Sunny Slopes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunny Slopes is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
    • Travelers Rest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • View Point Place
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • View Point Place is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point Place

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dacusville and extending to:

  • Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dacusville to Pickens, 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 409 miles [658.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dacusville) 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 Dacusville 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 Dacusville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9353, Longitude: -82.5588       In this case, the coordinates for Dacusville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.217 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.653 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.262 degrees.