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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 Lake Forest Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Forest Heights 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 Lake Forest Heights:
- 34.872340, -82.356508
- 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 Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest Heights is near Pickens County and also Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg 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 Lake Forest Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Forest 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.
- Cherokee Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Forest View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest View is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
- Green Fields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Fields is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Fields
- Green Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
- Green Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
- Kingsgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Liberty Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Orchard Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Park is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Paris
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paris is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Pine Knott Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pine Knott Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knott Forest
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Piney Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Shady Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
- Spring Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
- Stone Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Timberlake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Timberlake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- University Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- University Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Willow Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willow Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights
How Far From Lake Forest Heights 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 Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest Heights and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Forest 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 404 miles [650.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Forest Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lake Forest Heights 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 Lake Forest Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8723, Longitude: -82.3565 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Forest Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.097 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.507 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.199 degrees. |
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