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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 Emerald Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emerald Place 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 Emerald Place:
- 34.208179, -82.114009
- 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 Emerald Place
- 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
- Since Emerald Place is near Laurens County and also Abbeville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville 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 Emerald Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Emerald Place ...
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.
- Cedar Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cherokee Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Fairforest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Forest Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Hill and Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hill and Dale is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
- Lodge Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lodge Grounds is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grounds
- Magnolia Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Place is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Place
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Raintree
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Raintree is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Stony Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Wheatfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wheatfield is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield
- Windtree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Windtree is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windtree
- Wisewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wisewood is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisewood
How Far From Emerald Place 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 Emerald Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Emerald Place and extending to:
- Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Emerald Place 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,898 miles [7,882.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Emerald Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Emerald Place 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 Emerald Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2082, Longitude: -82.1140 In this case, the coordinates for Emerald Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.944 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.236 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.286 degrees. |
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