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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 Highland Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Forest 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 Highland Forest:
    • 34.094042, -81.002590
    • 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 Highland Forest
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Highland Forest is near Lexington County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Highland Forest

Communities Also Named Highland Forest ...

We found three communities that are also named Highland Forest.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Highland Forest.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Greenwood County
      • This Highland Forest is located in Greenwood County and lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the west of the Highland Forest that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Highland Forest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Highland Forest is located in Jefferson County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the west of the Highland Forest that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Highland Forest.
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • This Highland Forest is located in Roane County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Highland Forest that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Highland Forest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Forest ...

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.

  • Booker Washington Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Brickyard Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
  • Crane Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Crane Forest is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Forest
  • Dentsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Edinburgh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Edinburgh is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
  • Evergreen Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Evergreen Park is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
  • Forest Trace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Trace is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Trace
  • Foxhall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Foxhall is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Frost
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Frost is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Jiggs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jiggs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
  • Meadow Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Munster
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Munster is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
    • Ravenwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ravenwood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
    • Rockbridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockbridge is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
    • Rockgate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rockgate is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgate
    • Sandwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandwood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwood
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Spring Valley is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Springwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Springwood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
    • Tanglewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tanglewood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

How Far From Highland Forest 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 Highland Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Highland Forest to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Highland Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Highland Forest 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 Highland Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0940, Longitude: -81.0026       In this case, the coordinates for Highland Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.306 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.486 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.893 degrees.