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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 Lazy Acres Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lazy Acres Estates 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 Lazy Acres Estates:
- 33.940714, -80.276190
- 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 Lazy Acres Estates
- 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Since Lazy Acres Estates is near Lee County and also Clarendon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarendon 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 Lazy Acres Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lazy Acres Estates ...
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.
- Burns Down
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burns Down is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Down
- Edgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edgewater is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Flowers Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flowers Heights is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Heights
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Iris Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Iris Heights is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris Heights
- Kingman Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kingman Heights is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman Heights
- Mulberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mulberry is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Richwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Richwood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Rocky Bluff Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tiller Circle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tiller Circle is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiller Circle
- Walnut Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hills is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
How Far From Lazy Acres Estates 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 Lazy Acres Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lazy Acres Estates and extending to:
- Sumter, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Lazy Acres Estates to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 386 miles [621.2 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lazy Acres Estates) 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 Lazy Acres Estates 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 Lazy Acres Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9407, Longitude: -80.2762 In this case, the coordinates for Lazy Acres Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.893 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.989 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.664 degrees. |
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