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 Grandview Estates:
33.924042, -81.086483
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 Grandview Estates
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 three communities that are also named Grandview Estates.
Within South Carolina, the name Grandview Estates is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Gallia County
This Grandview Estates is located in Gallia County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the north of the Grandview Estates that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Grandview Estates.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Grandview Estates is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,740 miles [2,800.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grandview Estates that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Grandview Estates.
Virginia
Warren County
This Grandview Estates is located in Warren County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grandview Estates that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Grandview Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grandview Estates ...
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.
Apollo Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grandview Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grandview Estates and extending to:
Lexington, which is the Seat of Lexington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grandview Estates to Lexington, with an average speed<2> 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 just to the north northeast (NNE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 410 miles [659.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,289 miles [10,121.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Grandview Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Grandview Estates 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 Grandview Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9240, Longitude: -81.0865 In this case, the coordinates for Grandview Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.351 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.513 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.973 degrees.