Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hughes Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hughes Heights and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hughes Heights

• 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 Hughes Heights:
  • 34.868729, -82.441235
  • 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 Hughes Heights

• 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
  • Since Hughes Heights is near Pickens County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Hughes Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hughes Heights ...

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.

• Chestnut Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
• City View
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • City View is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
• Enchanted Forest
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
• Greenville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenville is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <1>
• Hillandale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillandale is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
• Indian Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Mountain Shadows
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
• Plainview Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainview Heights is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
• Stone Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
• Tanglewood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
• View Point Place
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • View Point Place is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point Place
• Welcome
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Welcome is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
• White Horse
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • White Horse is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
• Woodside
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Woodside is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Hughes Heights 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 Hughes Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hughes Heights and extending to:

• Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Hughes Heights 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'