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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 Langley Villa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Langley Villa 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 Langley Villa:
- 33.511804, -81.828723
- 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 Langley Villa
- 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 Aiken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken County
- Since Langley Villa is near Richmond County and also Edgefield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgefield 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 Langley Villa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Langley Villa ...
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.
- Bath
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clearwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crestdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crestdale is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestdale
- Deerwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deerwood is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Foxchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Foxchase is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxchase
- Gloverville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Graniteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gregg Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gregg Park is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Park
- Heathwood Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Heathwood Park is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood Park
- Horse Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Horse Creek is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Huntcliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Huntcliff is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntcliff
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mixville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mixville is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixville
- Stone Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stone Gap is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Gap
- Willow Springs Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willow Springs Park is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs Park
- Wood Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wood Valley is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Valley
How Far From Langley Villa 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 Langley Villa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Langley Villa and extending to:
- Aiken, which is the Seat of Aiken County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Langley Villa to Columbia, with an average speed<3> 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 457 miles [735.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Langley Villa) 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 Langley Villa 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 Langley Villa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5118, Longitude: -81.8287 In this case, the coordinates for Langley Villa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.765 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.931 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.365 degrees. |
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