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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 View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak View 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 View:
    • 34.917339, -82.288171
    • 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 View
  • 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 View is near Spartanburg County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 View

Communities Also Named Oak View ...

We found three communities that are also named Oak View.

Within South Carolina, the name Oak View is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Ventura County
      • This Oak View is located in Ventura County and lies 2,090 miles [3,363.5 km]<1> to the west of the Oak View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Oak View.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Oak View is located in Blount County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oak View that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Oak View.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico 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 Virginia community of Oak View [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak View ...

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.

  • Cane Brake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cane Brake is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Brake
  • Cherokee Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Chick Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
  • Green Fields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Fields is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Fields
  • Green Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
  • Grey Fox Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Grey Fox Run is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Fox Run
  • Groveland Dell
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Groveland Dell is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Dell
  • Hermitage Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • Kings ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Kingsgate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
  • Lakeview Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Maple
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Maple is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mountain Brook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mountain Brook is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
    • Nursery ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Nursery is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
    • Pebble Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Peppertree
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Peppertree is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
    • Piney Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Pleasant Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Quail Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Riverdowns
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Riverdowns is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdowns
    • Rosedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosedale is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Seven Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Silver Leaf
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Silver Leaf is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
    • Sugar Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
    • Sugar Mill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Mill is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mill

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Oak View 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 399 miles [642.1 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 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,876 miles [7,847.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Oak View) 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 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 View 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 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 Oak View 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 View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9173, Longitude: -82.2882       In this case, the coordinates for Oak View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.058 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.468 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.16 degrees.