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 Glen Acres:
34.361265, -80.082567
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 Glen Acres
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 Darlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Glen Acres.
Within South Carolina, the name Glen Acres is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Mobile County
This Glen Acres is located in Mobile County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Glen Acres that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Glen Acres.
North Carolina
Scotland County
This Glen Acres is located in Scotland County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glen Acres that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Glen Acres.
Washington
King County
This Glen Acres is located in King County and lies 2,353 miles [3,786.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glen Acres that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Glen Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Acres ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Glen Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glen Acres and extending to:
Darlington, which is the Seat of Darlington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glen Acres to Darlington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 355 miles [571.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,800 miles [7,724.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glen Acres) 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.
<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 Glen Acres 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 Glen Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3613, Longitude: -80.0826 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.786 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.927 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.469 degrees.