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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 Drexel Lake Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drexel Lake Hills 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 Drexel Lake Hills:
    • 34.061264, -80.916478
    • 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 Drexel Lake Hills
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Drexel Lake Hills is near Kershaw County and also Lexington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kershaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington 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 Drexel Lake Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Drexel Lake Hills ...

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.

  • Brickyard Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
  • Chimney Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chimney Ridge is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Ridge
  • Dentsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Edinburgh
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Edinburgh is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
  • Forest Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Forest Trace is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Trace
  • Foxhall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Foxhall is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Green Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green Springs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Gregg Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gregg Park is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Park
  • Huntcliff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Huntcliff is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntcliff
  • Jiggs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jiggs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Ravenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ravenwood is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rockbridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockbridge is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
    • Sandwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sandwood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwood
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Springwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Springwood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
    • Tanglewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Tanglewood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

How Far From Drexel Lake Hills 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 Drexel Lake Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 397 miles [638.9 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Drexel Lake Hills to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Drexel Lake Hills) 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 Drexel Lake Hills 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 Drexel Lake Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0613, Longitude: -80.9165       In this case, the coordinates for Drexel Lake Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.256 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.424 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.87 degrees.