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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 Eastmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastmont 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 Eastmont:
    • 33.961266, -80.922312
    • 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 Eastmont
  • 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 Eastmont is near Lexington County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Eastmont

Communities Also Named Eastmont ...

We found eight communities that are also named Eastmont.

Within South Carolina, the name Eastmont is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Eastmont is located in Montgomery County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eastmont that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Eastmont.
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • This Eastmont is located in Alameda County and lies 2,304 miles [3,707.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eastmont that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Eastmont.
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Eastmont is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,119 miles [3,410.2 km] to the west of the Eastmont that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Eastmont.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Eastmont is located in Kent County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Eastmont that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Eastmont.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Eastmont is located in Allegheny County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the north of the Eastmont that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Eastmont.
      • Cambria 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 Pennsylvania community of Eastmont [Cambria County].
      • York County
      • This Eastmont is located in York County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km] to the north northeast of the Eastmont that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Eastmont.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish 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 Washington community of Eastmont [Snohomish County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastmont ...

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.

  • Childs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Childs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Dominion Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dominion Hills is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
  • Galaxy
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Galaxy is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galaxy
  • Gordon Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gordon Springs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
  • Heritage Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Independents
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Independents is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independents
  • Lee Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lee Hills is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hills
  • Meadowfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Meadowfield is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowfield
  • Mountain Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mountain Brook is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
  • Quail Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Quail Creek is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
  • Quail Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Quail Hills is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hills
  • Starlite
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Starlite is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlite
  • Yorkshire
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Yorkshire is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

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

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Eastmont 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 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,855 miles [7,813.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eastmont) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Eastmont 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 Eastmont 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 Eastmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9613, Longitude: -80.9223       In this case, the coordinates for Eastmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.258 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.412 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.901 degrees.