Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Oak Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Crest and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Oak Crest
- 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 Oak Crest:
- 34.824840, -82.440958
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Oak Crest
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Since Oak Crest is near Pickens County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Oak Crest ...
We found six communities that share the name Oak Crest.
There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Oak Crest.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Alachua 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 Florida community of Oak Crest [Alachua County].
- Hillsborough County
- This Oak Crest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the south of the Oak Crest that is located in Greenville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Oak Crest.
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- This Oak Crest is located in Forsyth County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oak Crest that is located in Greenville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Oak Crest.
- Wilson County
- This Oak Crest is located in Wilson County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east northeast of the Oak Crest that is located in Greenville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Oak Crest.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Crest ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
- City View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Elizabeth Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Heights
- Elizabeth Heights is located in Greenville County
- Enchanted Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enchanted Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
- Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Greenville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72,227 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <4>
- Hughes Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
- Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
- Marshall Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Forest
- Marshall Forest is located in Greenville County
- Plainview Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
- Plainview Heights is located in Greenville County
- Powderville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powderville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
- Powderville is located in Anderson County
- Quail Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Haven
- Quail Haven is located in Pickens County
- Rockvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Supreme Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Supreme Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme Forest
- Supreme Forest is located in Greenville County
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- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
- View Point Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Point Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point Place
- View Point Place is located in Greenville County
- Welcome
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Welcome is located in Greenville County
- White Horse
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- White Horse is located in Greenville County
- Woodside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tanglewood
How Far From Oak Crest 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 Oak Crest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Crest and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Crest to Columbia, with an average speed<5>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 410 miles [659.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Crest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Greenville County: www.greenvillecounty.org/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oak Crest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8248, Longitude: -82.4410 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Oak Crest 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Oak Crest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.146 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.555 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.245 degrees. |