Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McDaniel Heights:
  • 34.815671, -82.616522
  • 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 McDaniel Heights

• 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
  • Since McDaniel Heights is near Anderson County and also Greenville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville 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 McDaniel Heights

Communities Also Named McDaniel Heights ...

We found one communities that are also named McDaniel Heights.

Within South Carolina, the name McDaniel Heights is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named McDaniel Heights in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Delaware
    • New Castle County
    • This McDaniel Heights is located in New Castle County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the McDaniel Heights that is located in Pickens County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of McDaniel Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McDaniel Heights ...

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.

• Beverly
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Beverly is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
• Cherokee Forest
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cherokee Forest is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
• Holly Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Holly Hill is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
• Kingsberry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Kingsberry is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsberry
• Marshall Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Marshall Heights is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
• Pageland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pageland is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
• Pickensville
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pickensville is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
• Twinbrook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Twinbrook is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinbrook
• Vista Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Vista Heights is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
• Whispering Pines
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Whispering Pines is located in Pickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From McDaniel Heights 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 McDaniel Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McDaniel Heights and extending to:

• Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the Northwest.
• 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 McDaniel Heights 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 417 miles [671.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,017 miles [11,292.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,895 miles [7,877.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'