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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 Gladden Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gladden Grove 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 Gladden Grove:
- 34.500421, -81.012307
- 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 Gladden Grove
- 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Since Gladden Grove is near Chester County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Gladden Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gladden Grove ...
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.
- Bell Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Bucklick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bucklick is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Dutchman Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchman Creek is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman Creek
- Flint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Great Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kingsbury is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Liberty Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Springs Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Springs Park is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs Park
- Tip Top ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tip Top is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Gladden Grove 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 Gladden Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Gladden Grove once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gladden Grove and extending to:
- Winnsboro, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gladden Grove to Winnsboro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 374 miles [601.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gladden Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Gladden Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gladden Grove 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 Gladden Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5004, Longitude: -81.0123 In this case, the coordinates for Gladden Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.316 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.555 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.781 degrees. |
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