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 Laurelwood:
34.198766, -79.848397
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 Laurelwood
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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Laurelwood.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Laurelwood.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Cherokee County
This Laurelwood is located in Cherokee County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Laurelwood that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Laurelwood.
Spartanburg County
This Laurelwood is located in Spartanburg County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Laurelwood that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Laurelwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Clayton County
This Laurelwood is located in Clayton County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the west of the Laurelwood that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Laurelwood.
Oregon
Washington County
This Laurelwood is located in Washington County and lies 2,387 miles [3,841.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Laurelwood that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Laurelwood.
Virginia
Stafford County
This Laurelwood is located in Stafford County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Laurelwood that is located in Florence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Laurelwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurelwood ...
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.
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 Laurelwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurelwood and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Laurelwood to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 359 miles [577.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Laurelwood) 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 Laurelwood 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 Laurelwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1988, Longitude: -79.8484 In this case, the coordinates for Laurelwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.653 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.751 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.429 degrees.