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Welcome to Rosewood Heights ...

Rosewood Heights is located in Pickens County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Rosewood Heights: Rosewood Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Rosewood Heights is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rosewood Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rosewood Heights: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Rosewood Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rosewood Heights - it's located in Illinois.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rosewood Heights.

Communities near Rosewood Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rosewood Heights.

  • Greenville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Easley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clemson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Seneca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Travelers Rest
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Central
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pendleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pickens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pelzer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rosewood Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rosewood Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rosewood Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosewood Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosewood Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Rosewood Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rosewood Heights ...

Looking for more information about Rosewood Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rosewood Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rosewood Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Pickens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rosewood Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Rosewood Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Rosewood Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.