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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 Lakefront, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakefront 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 Lakefront:
- 34.479270, -82.801250
- 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 Lakefront
- 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Since Lakefront is near Hart County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 Lakefront
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakefront ...
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.
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clearview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Double Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Double Springs is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Green Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Forest is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
- Hidden Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Holland Store
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Hunters Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Trail is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
- Indian Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Trail
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Indian Trail is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Leisure Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Masons Cross Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Masons Cross Road is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Cross Road
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mountain Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Price ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Quail Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Regency Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Regency Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Regency Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Regency Woods is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
- Shadow Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shadow Wood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
- Stonehaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonehaven is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
How Far From Lakefront 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 Lakefront to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lakefront and extending to:
- Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the East.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Lakefront to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 441 miles [709.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,917 miles [7,913.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Lakefront) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lakefront 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 Lakefront. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4793, Longitude: -82.8012 In this case, the coordinates for Lakefront have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.349 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.74 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.48 degrees. |
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