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 Edenwood:
33.953765, -81.059815
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.
We found one communities that share the name Edenwood.
Within South Carolina, the name Edenwood is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Edenwood in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Richmond County
This Edenwood is located in Richmond County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edenwood that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Edenwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edenwood ...
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.
Apollo Gardens (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apollo Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Booker Washington Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booker Washington Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Edenwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edenwood and extending to:
Lexington, which is the Seat of Lexington County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Edenwood to Lexington, 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 just to the north northeast (NNE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edenwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9538, Longitude: -81.0598 In this case, the coordinates for Edenwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Edenwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.336 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.501 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.955 degrees.