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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 Edens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edens and the surrounding area.
- 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 Edens:
- 34.575675, -82.183721
- 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 Edens
- 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 Laurens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens County
- Since Edens is near Greenville County and also Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg 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 Edens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edens ...
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.
- Doubling ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Doubling is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubling
- Erie ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Fork Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
- Fountain Inn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gray Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Pond is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Hickory Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Tavern is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Tavern
- Powers Shop ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Powers Shop is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Shop
- Reedy River ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy River is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy River
- Tumbling Shoals ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tumbling Shoals is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling Shoals
How Far From Edens to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Edens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Edens once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Edens and extending to:
- Laurens, which is the Seat of Laurens County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Edens to Laurens, with an average speed<4> 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 76 miles [122.3 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 412 miles [663 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Edens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Edens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Edens 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 Edens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5757, Longitude: -82.1837 In this case, the coordinates for Edens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.992 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.343 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.213 degrees. |
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