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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 Nicholtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nicholtown 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 Nicholtown:
    • 34.840396, -82.371232
    • 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 Nicholtown
  • 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 Nicholtown is near Pickens County and also Anderson 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 Anderson 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 Nicholtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nicholtown ...

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.

  • Chestnut Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • City View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • City View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
  • Forest View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Forest View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Green Fields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Fields is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Fields
  • Green Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Greenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hermitage Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • Liberty Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
  • Marshall Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Marshall Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Forest
  • Orchard Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Orchard Park is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
  • Paris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Paris is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Pine Knott Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Knott Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knott Forest
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Piney Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Spring Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
    • Stone Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
    • Timberlake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Timberlake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • University Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • University Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • Woodside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Woodside is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nicholtown and extending to:

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Nicholtown to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 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 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nicholtown) 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 Nicholtown 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 Nicholtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8404, Longitude: -82.3712       In this case, the coordinates for Nicholtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.105 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.511 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.214 degrees.