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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 Traxler Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Traxler Park 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 Traxler Park:
- 34.817062, -82.383177
- 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 Traxler Park
- 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 Traxler Park 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 Traxler Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Traxler Park ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- City View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- City View is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
- Elizabeth Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Heights
- Fern Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Creek
- Green Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hermitage Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
- Hughes Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
- Liberty Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
- Marshall Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marshall Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Forest
- Orchard Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Park is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Pecan Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pecan Terrace is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Terrace
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rockvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockvale is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
- Royal Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Royal Oaks is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Spring Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
- Stone Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Summerwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Summerwoods is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwoods
- Sunset Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Forest
- Supreme Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Supreme Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme Forest
- Tanglewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timberlake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Timberlake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- University Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- University Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- View Point Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 west)
- Welcome is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- White Horse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Horse is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodside is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Traxler Park 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 Traxler Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Traxler Park and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Traxler Park 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 6,304 miles [10,145.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,884 miles [7,860 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Traxler Park) 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 Traxler Park 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 Traxler Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8171, Longitude: -82.3832 In this case, the coordinates for Traxler Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.112 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.515 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.225 degrees. |
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