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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 Dogwood Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dogwood Acres 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 Dogwood Acres:
    • 34.960394, -82.249002
    • 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 Dogwood Acres
  • 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 Dogwood Acres 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 Dogwood Acres

Communities Also Named Dogwood Acres ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Dogwood Acres.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Dogwood Acres.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Darlington County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Darlington County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Dogwood Acres.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Pike County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Dogwood Acres.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Sussex County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Dogwood Acres.
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Clayton County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Dogwood Acres.
      • Douglas County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Douglas County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the west southwest of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Dogwood Acres.
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Bossier Parish and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the west of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Dogwood Acres.
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Alamance County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Dogwood Acres.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Cumberland County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Dogwood Acres.
      • Durham County
      • 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 North Carolina community of Dogwood Acres [Durham County].
      • Orange County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Orange County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the east northeast of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Dogwood Acres.
      • Randolph County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dogwood Acres [Randolph County].
      • Rowan County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Rowan County and lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east northeast of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Dogwood Acres.
      • Union County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Union County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the east of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Dogwood Acres.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Washington County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the north of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dogwood Acres.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Harris County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Dogwood Acres.
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • This Dogwood Acres is located in Goochland County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dogwood Acres that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Dogwood Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dogwood Acres ...

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.

  • Chick Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
  • Groveland Dell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Groveland Dell is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Dell
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Kings ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kings is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Lakeview Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Maple
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Maple is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Maplewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maplewood is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Peppertree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Peppertree is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
  • Pinecrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pinecrest is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Pleasant Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Riverdowns
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Riverdowns is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdowns
  • Serene Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Serene Heights is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene Heights
  • Seven Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
  • Silver Leaf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Silver Leaf is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dogwood Acres to Greenville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dogwood Acres) 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 Dogwood Acres 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 Dogwood Acres 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 Dogwood Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9604, Longitude: -82.2490       In this case, the coordinates for Dogwood Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.036 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.449 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.132 degrees.