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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 Hill and Dale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hill and Dale and the surrounding area.
- 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 Hill and Dale:
- 34.168456, -82.166511
- 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 Hill and Dale
- 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
- Since Hill and Dale is near Abbeville County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Hill and Dale
Communities Also Named Hill and Dale ...
We found three communities that are also named Hill and Dale.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Hill and Dale.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Anderson County
- This Hill and Dale is located in Anderson County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hill and Dale that is located in Greenwood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Hill and Dale.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Clark 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 Indiana community of Hill and Dale [Clark County].
- Virginia
- Warren County
- This Hill and Dale is located in Warren County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hill and Dale that is located in Greenwood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hill and Dale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hill and Dale ...
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.
- Bullock ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bullock is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Cedar Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Fairforest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Fawn Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fawn Brook is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Brook
- Forest Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Greenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Lodge Grounds
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lodge Grounds is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grounds
- Page Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Page Place is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Place
- Timberlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Wisewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wisewood is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisewood
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Hill and Dale to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hill and Dale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hill and Dale and extending to:
- Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the North.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Hill and Dale to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,902 miles [7,889 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hill and Dale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Hill and Dale 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> | 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 Hill and Dale 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 Hill and Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1685, Longitude: -82.1665 In this case, the coordinates for Hill and Dale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.264 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.317 degrees. |
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