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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 Walden Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walden Pond 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 Walden Pond:
- 34.893451, -82.307339
- 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 Walden Pond
- 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 Walden Pond is near Spartanburg County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Walden Pond
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walden Pond ...
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.
- Cane Brake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cane Brake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Brake
- Cherokee Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Chick Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
- Green Fields
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Fields is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Fields
- Green Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
- Green Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Grey Fox Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grey Fox Run is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Fox Run
- Hermitage Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
- Kingsgate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Mountain Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain Brook is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
- Nursery ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Nursery is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
- Orchard Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Orchard Park is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Peppertree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Peppertree is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
- Piney Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Riverdowns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Riverdowns is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdowns
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Seven Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Shady Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
- Silver Leaf
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Silver Leaf is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
- Spring Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
- Sugar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sugar Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sugar Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sugar Mill is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mill
- Timberlake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Timberlake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
How Far From Walden Pond to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Walden Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Walden Pond and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Walden Pond 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 401 miles [645.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,878 miles [7,850.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Walden Pond) 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 Walden Pond 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 Walden Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8935, Longitude: -82.3073 In this case, the coordinates for Walden Pond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.069 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.477 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.174 degrees. |
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