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 Gardendale:
34.037651, -81.138984
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 Gardendale
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 Lexington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Gardendale.
Within South Carolina, the name Gardendale is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Gardendale is located in Jefferson County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the west of the Gardendale that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Gardendale.
Tuscaloosa County
This Gardendale is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the west of the Gardendale that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Gardendale.
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Gardendale is located in Saint Clair County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the north of the Gardendale that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Gardendale.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Gardendale is located in Delaware County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Gardendale that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Gardendale.
Texas
Bexar County
Although located in Bexar County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Gardendale.
Ector County
This Gardendale is located in Ector County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the west of the Gardendale that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ector County community of Gardendale.
La Salle County
This Gardendale is located in La Salle County and lies 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km] to the west southwest of the Gardendale that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Gardendale.
Nueces County
This Gardendale is located in Nueces County and lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km] to the west southwest of the Gardendale that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of Gardendale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gardendale ...
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.
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 Gardendale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gardendale and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Gardendale to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
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).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 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- Gardendale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Gardendale 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 Gardendale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0377, Longitude: -81.1390 In this case, the coordinates for Gardendale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.383 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.566 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.961 degrees.