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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 Fairview Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairview Gardens 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 Fairview Gardens:
    • 33.506525, -81.973449
    • 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 Fairview Gardens
  • 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 Fairview Gardens 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 Fairview Gardens

Communities Also Named Fairview Gardens ...

We found two communities that are also named Fairview Gardens.

Within South Carolina, the name Fairview Gardens is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fairview Gardens [Cook County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Fairview Gardens is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,707 miles [2,747.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fairview Gardens that is located in Aiken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Fairview Gardens.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairview Gardens ...

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.

  • Bonnie Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonnie Glen is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Glen
  • Coventry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Coventry is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Crestdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Crestdale is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestdale
  • Crestland
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Crestland is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestland
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Forest Park is located in Richmond County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Gordon Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Gordon Park is located in Richmond County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Park
  • Greenfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenfield is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Hillside Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillside Park is located in Richmond County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
  • National Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • National Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
  • Rockbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
  • Rose Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Rose Hill is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Schultz Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Schultz Hill is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz Hill
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Summer Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Summer Hill is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Summerville is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Sunset Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
    • Willow Springs Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Willow Springs Park is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs Park
    • Woodlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Aiken, which is the Seat of Aiken County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fairview Gardens to Aiken, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,041 miles [11,331.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,922 miles [7,921.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fairview Gardens 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fairview Gardens) 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 Fairview Gardens 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 Fairview Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5065, Longitude: -81.9734       In this case, the coordinates for Fairview Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.848 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.025 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.421 degrees.