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 Hanover Hills:
34.713158, -82.888757
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 Hanover Hills
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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Hanover Hills.
Within South Carolina, the name Hanover Hills is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Hanover Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hanover Hills that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Hanover Hills.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
This Hanover Hills is located in Dauphin County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hanover Hills that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Hanover Hills.
Virginia
Hanover County
This Hanover Hills is located in Hanover County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hanover Hills that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Hanover Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanover Hills ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hanover Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hanover Hills and extending to:
Walhalla, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hanover Hills to Walhalla, 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Hanover Hills) 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 Hanover Hills 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 Hanover Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7132, Longitude: -82.8888 In this case, the coordinates for Hanover Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.405 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.838 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.452 degrees.