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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 Northfall Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northfall Acres 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 Northfall Acres:
- 34.249288, -82.187344
- 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 Northfall Acres
- 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
- Since Northfall Acres is near Abbeville County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Northfall Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northfall Acres ...
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 Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cherokee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Downs Siding
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Downs Siding is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Siding
- Forest Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Harris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Lodge Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lodge Grounds is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grounds
- Raintree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Raintree is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Stony Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Timberlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Timberlake is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Wheatfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wheatfield is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield
- Windtree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Windtree is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windtree
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Northfall Acres 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 Northfall Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Northfall Acres and extending to:
- Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Northfall Acres to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,900 miles [7,885.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northfall Acres) 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 Northfall Acres 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 Northfall Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2493, Longitude: -82.1873 In this case, the coordinates for Northfall Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.988 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.291 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.303 degrees. |
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