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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 Mount View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount View and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mount View:
    • 35.031227, -82.356228
    • 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 Mount View
  • 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Since Mount View is near Spartanburg County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Mount View

Communities Also Named Mount View ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Mount View.

Within South Carolina, the name Mount View is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Mount View is located in Blount County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Mount View.
      • Cullman County
      • This Mount View is located in Cullman County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the west of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Mount View.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mount View [Contra Costa County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Mount View lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
    • Oklahoma
      • Comanche County
      • This Mount View is located in Comanche County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the west of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Mount View.
    • Ontario
      • This Mount View lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the north of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Mount View [Jackson County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This Mount View is located in Cumberland County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Mount View.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Mount View is located in Washington County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mount View.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Mount View is located in Davidson County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Mount View.
      • Grundy County
      • This Mount View is located in Grundy County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the west of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Mount View.
      • Scott County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount View [Scott County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Mount View is located in Davis County and lies 1,648 miles [2,652.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Mount View.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Mount View is located in King County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Mount View.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon County
      • This Mount View is located in Marathon County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mount View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Mount View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount View ...

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.

  • Cross Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Plains is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
  • Glassy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Glassy is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassy
  • Highland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Jordan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jordan is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Little Texas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Texas is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
  • Locust Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Locust Hill is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Mitchell ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mitchell is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Oak Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Oak Hollow is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
  • Peppertree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Peppertree is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Sandy Flat
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Flat is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Flat
    • Skyland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Skyland is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
    • Sunny Slopes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunny Slopes is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
    • Tigerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Travelers Rest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Mount View 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 Mount View to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mount View to Greenville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,874 miles [7,843.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mount View could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mount View 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 Mount View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0312, Longitude: -82.3562       In this case, the coordinates for Mount View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.10 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.532 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.155 degrees.