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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 East View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East View 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 East View:
    • 34.639837, -82.437070
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on East View
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named East View ...

We found nine communities that share the name East View.

Within South Carolina, the name East View is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This East View is located in Hillsborough County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the south of the East View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of East View.
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin 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 Kentucky community of East View [Hardin County].
    • Michigan
      • Macomb County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Macomb County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of East View.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This East View is located in Jefferson County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of East View.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This East View is located in Greene County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of East View.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This East View is located in Bradley County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the East View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of East View.
      • Meigs County
      • This East View is located in Meigs County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the west northwest of the East View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of East View.
    • Texas
      • Gregg 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 Texas community of East View [Gregg County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This East View is located in Harrison County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of East View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East View ...

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.

  • Cheddar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheddar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheddar
    • Cheddar is located in Anderson County
  • Elizabeth Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Heights
    • Elizabeth Heights is located in Greenville County
  • Fern Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Creek
    • Fern Creek is located in Greenville County
  • Fork Shoals
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
    • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
  • Friendship
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Anderson County
  • Golden Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
    • Golden Grove is located in Greenville County
  • Idlewild
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idlewild have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
    • Idlewild is located in Greenville County
  • Lickville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lickville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
    • Lickville is located in Greenville County
  • Moonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
    • Moonville is located in Greenville County
  • Pecan Terrace
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Terrace
    • Pecan Terrace is located in Greenville County
  • Piercetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piercetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piercetown
    • Piercetown is located in Anderson County
  • Powderville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powderville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
    • Powderville is located in Anderson County
  • Rockvale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
    • Rockvale is located in Greenville County
  • Royal Oaks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Royal Oaks is located in Greenville County

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from East View to Greenville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Greenville County: www.greenvillecounty.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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- East View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6398, Longitude: -82.4371       In this case, the coordinates for East View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 East View 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 East View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.14 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.522 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.294 degrees.









 

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