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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 Peden Oaks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peden Oaks 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 Peden Oaks:
- 34.678473, -81.170366
- 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 Peden Oaks
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Peden Oaks is near Fairfield County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Peden Oaks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peden Oaks ...
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 Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
- Evans
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Evans is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Mountain Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain Lakes is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lakes
- Quail Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quail Hollow is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Springwood Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Springwood Lakes is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Lakes
- Stringfellow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stringfellow is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringfellow
- Tip Top ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tip Top is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Peden Oaks 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 Peden Oaks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Peden Oaks and extending to:
- Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Peden Oaks to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peden Oaks) 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 Peden Oaks 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 Peden Oaks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6785, Longitude: -81.1704 In this case, the coordinates for Peden Oaks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.408 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.791 degrees. |
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