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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 Sunnydale Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunnydale Acres 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 Sunnydale Acres:
    • 35.033454, -81.943994
    • 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 Sunnydale 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 Spartanburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
    • Since Sunnydale Acres is near Cherokee County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Sunnydale Acres

Communities Also Named Sunnydale Acres ...

We found one communities that are also named Sunnydale Acres.

Within South Carolina, the name Sunnydale Acres is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Sunnydale Acres in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Sunnydale Acres is located in Bibb County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sunnydale Acres that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Sunnydale Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnydale 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.

  • Boiling Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cherokee Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cherokee Springs is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Springs
  • Enola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Enola is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
  • Farmfields
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmfields is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmfields
  • Ferndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Hickory Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hilltop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Kentwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Kentwood is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
  • Lone Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Meadow Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Spring is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Spring
  • Mountain View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mountain View is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Mountainbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mountainbrook is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Peachtree Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
    • Quail Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Rainbow Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Rainbow Park is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Park
    • Stone Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
    • Twin Brooks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
    • Twin Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Twin Creek is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
    • Willow Wood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From Sunnydale 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 Sunnydale Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the South.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Sunnydale 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunnydale Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sunnydale 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 Sunnydale Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0335, Longitude: -81.9440       In this case, the coordinates for Sunnydale Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.859 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.256 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.992 degrees.