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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 Mountain Lake Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Lake Colony 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 Mountain Lake Colony:
- 35.072617, -82.622905
- 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 Mountain Lake Colony
- 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 Mountain Lake Colony is near Pickens County and also Transylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania 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 Mountain Lake Colony
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Lake Colony ...
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.
- Cedar Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dacusville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Gap Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gap Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Creek
- Knob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Knob is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Knob Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Creek is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Knob Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Hill is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Hill
- Knob Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Ridge is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Ridge
- Liberia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberia is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberia
- Line Runner Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Line Runner Ridge is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Runner Ridge
- Piney Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Woods is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Pleasant View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Prices Store ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prices Store is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Store
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pumpkintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pumpkintown is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rocky Bottom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bottom
- Slick Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slick Rock is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Stoney Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stoney Brook is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Sweetwater Farms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sweetwater Farms is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Farms
- Terry ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Terry is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Terry Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terry Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Creek
How Far From Mountain Lake Colony 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 Mountain Lake Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mountain Lake Colony and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Lake Colony to Greenville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountain Lake Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Mountain Lake Colony 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 Mountain Lake Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0726, Longitude: -82.6229 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Lake Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.257 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.718 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.25 degrees. |
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