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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 Elmwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park:
    • 33.504306, -81.703165
    • 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 Elmwood Park
  • 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 Aiken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken County
    • Since Elmwood Park is near Richmond County and also Edgefield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edgefield 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 Elmwood Park

Communities Also Named Elmwood Park ...

We found five communities that are also named Elmwood Park.

Within South Carolina, the name Elmwood Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Elmwood Park is located in Cook County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Elmwood Park that is located in Aiken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Elmwood Park.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Elmwood Park [Saint Louis County].
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Elmwood Park [Douglas County].
    • New York
      • Onondaga 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 New York community of Elmwood Park [Onondaga County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Elmwood Park is located in Racine County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Elmwood Park that is located in Aiken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Elmwood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elmwood Park ...

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.

  • Deerwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deerwood is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Dry Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dry Branch is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Branch
  • Foxchase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxchase is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxchase
  • Hidden Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hidden Haven is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Haven
  • Huntcliff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Huntcliff is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntcliff
  • Hunters Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hunters Glen is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
  • Quail Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Roseland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Roseland is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Stone Gap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Stone Gap is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Gap
  • Wood Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Wood Valley is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley

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

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

  • Aiken, which is the Seat of Aiken County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Elmwood Park to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 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 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,334 miles [10,193.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elmwood Park) 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 Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park 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 Elmwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5043, Longitude: -81.7032       In this case, the coordinates for Elmwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.694 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.847 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.32 degrees.