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we pass this GPS location for Heritage Hills:
33.987093, -81.222043
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We found seventeen communities that share the name Heritage Hills.
There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Heritage Hills.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Anderson County
This Heritage Hills is located in Anderson County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Heritage Hills.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Heritage Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the west of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Heritage Hills.
Colorado
Douglas County
This Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County and lies 1,359 miles [2,187.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Heritage Hills.
Georgia
Troup County
This Heritage Hills is located in Troup County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Heritage Hills.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Heritage Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Heritage Hills.
Prince George's County
This Heritage Hills is located in Prince George's County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km] to the northeast of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Heritage Hills.
New York
Westchester County
This Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Heritage Hills.
North Carolina
Caldwell County
This Heritage Hills is located in Caldwell County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the north of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Heritage Hills.
Ohio
Carroll County
This Heritage Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the north of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Heritage Hills.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Heritage Hills [Allegheny County].
Tennessee
Blount County
This Heritage Hills is located in Blount County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Heritage Hills.
Bradley County
This Heritage Hills is located in Bradley County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the west northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Heritage Hills.
Greene County
This Heritage Hills is located in Greene County and lies 174 miles [280 km] to the north northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Heritage Hills.
Hamilton County
This Heritage Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the west northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Heritage Hills.
Texas
Travis County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Heritage Hills [Travis County].
Virginia
Frederick County
This Heritage Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Heritage Hills.
Lynchburg City
This Heritage Hills is located in Lynchburg City and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the north northeast of the Heritage Hills that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Heritage Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage 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.
Arthur (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 Heritage Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heritage Hills and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Hills to Columbia, with an average speed<5> 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,986 miles [11,242.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Heritage Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heritage Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9871, Longitude: -81.2220 In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Heritage Hills 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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Heritage Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.429 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.612 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.006 degrees.