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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 Normandy Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Normandy Park 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 Normandy Park:
    • 34.475385, -82.602076
    • 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 Normandy Park
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Normandy Park is near Greenville County and also Abbeville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville 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 Normandy Park

Communities Also Named Normandy Park ...

We found four communities that are also named Normandy Park.

Within South Carolina, the name Normandy Park is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Normandy Park [Jefferson Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • Although located in Saint Louis County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Normandy Park.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Normandy Park is located in Davis County and lies 1,651 miles [2,657 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Normandy Park that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Normandy Park.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Normandy Park is located in King County and lies 2,227 miles [3,584 km]<2> to the northwest of the Normandy Park that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Normandy Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Normandy Park ...

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.

  • Cherokee Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Farms is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Farms
  • Clover Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clover Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Flat Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Fox Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fox Valley is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Valley
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Green Acres is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Heather Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Heather Heights is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Heritage Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Holly Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
  • Homeland Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Long Meadows
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Long Meadows is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
    • Lyonswood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Lyonswood is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonswood
    • Meadow Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Brook is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Meadow Fields
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadow Fields is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fields
    • Meadow Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Meadow Park is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
    • Pinecrest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Pinecrest is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest

How Far From Normandy Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Normandy Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Normandy Park 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 433 miles [696.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,030 miles [11,313.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Normandy Park 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Normandy Park) 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 Normandy Park 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 Normandy Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4754, Longitude: -82.6021       In this case, the coordinates for Normandy Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.233 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.605 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.403 degrees.