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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 Park Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Place 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 Park Place:
    • 34.869562, -82.408733
    • 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 Park Place
  • 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 Park Place 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 Park Place

Communities Also Named Park Place ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Park Place.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Park Place.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Anderson County
      • This Park Place is located in Anderson County and lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Park Place.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Park Place is located in Jefferson County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Park Place.
    • Arkansas
      • Lee County
      • This Park Place is located in Lee County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the west of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Park Place.
    • Georgia
      • Douglas County
      • This Park Place is located in Douglas County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Park Place.
      • Paulding County
      • This Park Place is located in Paulding County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the west southwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Park Place.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Park Place is located in Will County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Park Place.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Park Place is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Park Place.
    • North Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Park Place is located in Union County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the east of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Park Place.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Park Place is located in Hamilton County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Park Place.
      • Mahoning County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Mahoning County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Park Place.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Park Place is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,215 miles [3,564.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Park Place.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Park Place [Delaware County].
      • Lackawanna County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Park Place [Lackawanna County].
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Park Place is located in Schuylkill County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Park Place.
    • Texas
      • Galveston County
      • This Park Place is located in Galveston County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Park Place.
      • Harris County
      • This Park Place is located in Harris County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km] to the west southwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Park Place.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Park Place is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Park Place.
      • Weber County
      • This Park Place is located in Weber County and lies 1,656 miles [2,665.1 km] to the west northwest of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Park Place.
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • This Park Place is located in Norfolk City and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Park Place.
      • Salem City
      • This Park Place is located in Salem City and lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the northeast of the Park Place that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Park Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Place ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • City View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • City View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
  • Enchanted Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
  • Forest View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Green Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Green Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Greenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hillandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hillandale is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
  • Hughes Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Liberty Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
  • Mountain Shadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
  • Paris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Paris is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Paris Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Paris Point is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Point
    • Pine Knott Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Knott Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knott Forest
    • Piney Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Shady Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
    • Stone Lake
      (Less than 2 miles 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 southwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Timberlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Timberlake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • University Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • University Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • View Point Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • 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 southwest)
      • Welcome is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Willow Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights
    • Woodside
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Woodside is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Park Place to ...

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • 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 Park Place 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 406 miles [653.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Park Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Park Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Park Place 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.
<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 Park Place 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 Park Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8696, Longitude: -82.4087       In this case, the coordinates for Park Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.128 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.541 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.221 degrees.