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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 Oak Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Hills 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 Oak Hills:
    • 34.876506, -82.447068
    • 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 Oak Hills
  • 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 Oak Hills 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 Oak Hills

Communities Also Named Oak Hills ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Oak Hills.

Within South Carolina, the name Oak Hills is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oak Hills.
    • British Columbia
      • This Oak Hills lies 2,177 miles [3,503.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
    • California
      • Monterey County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Monterey County and lies 2,186 miles [3,518 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Oak Hills.
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Oak Hills is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,972 miles [3,173.6 km] to the west of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Oak Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Fayette County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Fayette County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oak Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Saint Clair County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Oak Hills.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew 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 Indiana community of Oak Hills [Bartholomew County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Oak Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Oak Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Orange County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Orange County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Oak Hills.
      • Rockingham County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Rockingham County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the east northeast of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Oak Hills.
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Washington County and lies 2,226 miles [3,582.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Oak Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Butler County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Oak Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Greene County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Oak Hills.
      • Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Oak Hills [Hamilton County].
      • Roane County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Roane County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the west northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Oak Hills.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Oak Hills [Bexar County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Davis County and lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Oak Hills.
      • Weber County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Weber County and lies 1,653 miles [2,660.2 km] to the west northwest of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Oak Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Oak Hills.
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Oak Hills is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km] to the northeast of the Oak Hills that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Oak Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Hills ...

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.

  • City View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • City View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
  • Enchanted Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
  • Greenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillandale is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Hughes Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Mountain Shadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
  • Paris Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Paris Point is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Point
  • Stone Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
  • Tanglewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • View Point Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • View Point Place is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point Place
  • Welcome
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Welcome is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Woodside
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Woodside is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Hills to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 407 miles [655 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hills 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hills 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 Oak Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8765, Longitude: -82.4471       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.15 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.568 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.234 degrees.