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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 Sunny Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Acres 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 Sunny Acres:
- 34.873173, -82.454013
- 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 Sunny Acres
- 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 Sunny Acres 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 Sunny Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Acres ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 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 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
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillandale
(3 miles [4.8 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 east)
- Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paris Point is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Point
- Plainview Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plainview Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
- Quail Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Haven is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Haven
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Stone Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Supreme Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Supreme Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme Forest
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- University Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- University Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- View Point Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- 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
- White Horse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White Horse is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Woodside
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodside is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Sunny Acres 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 Sunny Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunny Acres 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]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Sunny Acres 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 408 miles [656.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,885 miles [7,861.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunny Acres) 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 Sunny Acres 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 Sunny Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8732, Longitude: -82.4540 In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.154 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.572 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.237 degrees. |
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