Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lever, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lever and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lever

• 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 Lever:
  • 34.197372, -81.109814
  • 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 Lever

• 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
  • Since Lever is near Fairfield County and also Lexington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington 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 Lever

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lever ...

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.

• Bookman
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bookman is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookman
• Cedar Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
• Dutch Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
• Green Acres
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Acres is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Jennings
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jennings is located in Fairfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
• Littleton
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Littleton is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
• Lost Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lost Creek is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
• Pleasant ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
• Rockgate
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockgate is located in Richland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgate

How Far From Lever to ...

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 Lever to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Lever once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lever and extending to:

• Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lever to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 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 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 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,854 miles [7,811.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'