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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 Sunnyside Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside Acres:
    • 34.585941, -82.670690
    • 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 Sunnyside 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Sunnyside Acres is near Pickens County and also Oconee 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 Oconee 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 Sunnyside Acres

Communities Also Named Sunnyside Acres ...

We found one communities that are also named Sunnyside Acres.

Within South Carolina, the name Sunnyside Acres is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Sunnyside Acres is located in Kent County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunnyside Acres that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sunnyside Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnyside 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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Cedarwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cedarwood is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Park is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Harpers Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Harpers Ridge is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ridge
  • Hill and Dale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hill and Dale is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
  • Kings Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kings Court is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Court
  • Kingswood Terrace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingswood Terrace is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Terrace
  • Quail Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Spring Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Spring Park is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Park
  • Summer Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Summer Place is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Place
  • Sweet Gum Trail
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Sweet Gum Trail is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum Trail
  • Twin Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Twin Lakes is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Welcome
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Welcome is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome

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

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

  • Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the South.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sunnyside Acres to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 430 miles [692 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunnyside Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5859, Longitude: -82.6707       In this case, the coordinates for Sunnyside Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.275 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.67 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.401 degrees.