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.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sunny Acres

• 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:
  • 34.976506, -82.444844
  • 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 Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg 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.

• Hillandale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hillandale is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
• Indian Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Little Texas
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Little Texas is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
• Locust Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Locust Hill is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
• Mountain Shadows
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
• Oak Hollow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Hollow is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
• Paris Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Paris Point is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Point
• Pebble Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pebble Creek is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
• Sandy Flat
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Flat is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Flat
• Sunny Slopes
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sunny Slopes is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
• Travelers Rest
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Travelers Rest is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,202 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Travelers Rest <1>
• Willow Heights
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Heights is located in Greenville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights

How Far From Sunny Acres 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 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 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Acres to Greenville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 402 miles [647 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 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'