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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 Hendricks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hendricks 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 Hendricks:
    • 34.929006, -82.591518
    • 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 Hendricks
  • 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
    • Since Hendricks is near Greenville County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Hendricks

Communities Also Named Hendricks ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Hendricks.

Within South Carolina, the name Hendricks is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hendricks [Blount County].
    • Colorado
      • Fremont County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hendricks [Fremont County].
    • Georgia
      • Upson County
      • This Hendricks is located in Upson County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Hendricks.
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • This Hendricks is located in Johnson County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hendricks.
    • Kansas
      • Allen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hendricks [Allen County].
      • Finney County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hendricks [Finney County].
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • This Hendricks is located in Magoffin County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the north of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Hendricks.
    • Michigan
      • Delta County
      • This Hendricks is located in Delta County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Hendricks.
    • Minnesota
      • Lincoln County
      • This Hendricks is located in Lincoln County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Hendricks.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Hendricks is located in Lane County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Hendricks.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Hendricks is located in Montgomery County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hendricks.
    • Texas
      • Rusk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hendricks [Rusk County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker County
      • This Hendricks is located in Tucker County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hendricks that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Hendricks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hendricks ...

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.

  • Cedar Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Rock is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
  • Dacusville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dacusville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Heathwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Heathwood is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Holly Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Holly Hill is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Knob ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Knob is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
  • Liberia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Liberia is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
  • Longcreek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Longcreek is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longcreek
  • Marshall Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Marshall Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
  • Pageland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pageland is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
  • Pickens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant View is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Pumpkintown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pumpkintown is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown

How Far From Hendricks to ...

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

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

  • Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Hendricks to Columbia, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,308 miles [10,151.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hendricks could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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- Hendricks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hendricks 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 Hendricks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9290, Longitude: -82.5915       In this case, the coordinates for Hendricks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.236 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.674 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.276 degrees.