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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 Harmony Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Harmony Hill:
    • 35.115127, -81.648430
    • 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 Harmony Hill
  • 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Since Harmony Hill is near Cleveland County and also Spartanburg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg 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 Harmony Hill

Communities Also Named Harmony Hill ...

We found four communities that are also named Harmony Hill.

Within South Carolina, the name Harmony Hill is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Harmony Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harmony Hill that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Harmony Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Harmony Hill is located in Chester County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harmony Hill that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Harmony Hill.
    • Texas
      • Rusk County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Rusk County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Harmony Hill.
    • Wisconsin
      • Crawford County
      • This Harmony Hill is located in Crawford County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Harmony Hill that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Harmony Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony Hill ...

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.

  • Buffalo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Cherokee Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • College Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • College Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
  • Garden Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Garden Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
  • Glenhaven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenhaven is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhaven
  • Grassy Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grassy Pond is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Pond
  • Hillbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillbrook is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
  • Maplewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Maplewood is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Pleasant Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Meadows is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Meadows
  • Quail Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Rosehill Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rosehill Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Park

How Far From Harmony Hill to ...

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 Harmony Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harmony Hill and extending to:

  • Gaffney, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the South.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Harmony Hill to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 364 miles [585.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 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 from Point A (ie- Harmony Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Harmony Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Harmony Hill 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 Harmony Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1151, Longitude: -81.6484       In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.688 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.072 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.852 degrees.