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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 Fawn Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fawn Brook 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 Fawn Brook:
- 34.182898, -82.230401
- 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 Fawn Brook
- 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 Fawn Brook is near Abbeville County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Fawn Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fawn Brook ...
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.
- Bullock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bullock is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Cedar Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cherokee Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Downs Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Downs Siding is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Siding
- Forest Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Harris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Hill and Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hill and Dale is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lodge Grounds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lodge Grounds is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grounds
- Page Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Page Place is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Place
- Promised Land
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Rock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Timberlake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Timberlake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Fawn Brook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fawn Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fawn Brook and extending to:
- Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Fawn Brook to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 434 miles [698.5 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 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fawn Brook) 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 Fawn Brook 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 Fawn Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1829, Longitude: -82.2304 In this case, the coordinates for Fawn Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.011 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.309 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.338 degrees. |
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