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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 Toney Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toney Creek 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 Toney Creek:
    • 34.554280, -82.422347
    • 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 Toney Creek
  • 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 Toney Creek is near Greenville County and also Abbeville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville 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 Toney Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Toney Creek ...

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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Cheddar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cheddar is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheddar
  • Erie ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Erie is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Fork Shoals
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
  • Fox Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Fox Valley is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Valley
  • Foxville Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Foxville Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville Crossroads
  • Friendship
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Friendship is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Heather Heights
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Heather Heights is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Lickville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lickville is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
  • Long Meadows
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Long Meadows is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
  • Meadow Brook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Moonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Moonville is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Murray ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Murray is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Piercetown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Piercetown is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piercetown
    • Pinecrest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Pinecrest is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Reedy River ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Reedy River is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy River
    • Tumbling Shoals ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Tumbling Shoals is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling Shoals

How Far From Toney Creek 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 Toney Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Toney Creek and extending to:

  • Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Toney Creek to Anderson, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Toney Creek) 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 Toney Creek 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 Toney Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5543, Longitude: -82.4223       In this case, the coordinates for Toney Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.13 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.499 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.312 degrees.