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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 Wheatfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield:
    • 34.226235, -82.110398
    • 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 Wheatfield
  • 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
    • Since Wheatfield is near Laurens County and also Abbeville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Wheatfield

Communities Also Named Wheatfield ...

We found three communities that are also named Wheatfield.

Within South Carolina, the name Wheatfield is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Jasper County
      • This Wheatfield is located in Jasper County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wheatfield that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Wheatfield.
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wheatfield [Calhoun County].
    • Virginia
      • Shenandoah County
      • This Wheatfield is located in Shenandoah County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wheatfield that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Wheatfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheatfield ...

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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Cherokee Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Emerald Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Emerald Place is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Place
  • Fairforest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
  • Forest Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Greenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
  • Lake Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Shores is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
  • Lodge Grounds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lodge Grounds is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grounds
  • Magnolia Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Magnolia Place is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Place
  • Raintree
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Raintree is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
  • Rock Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rock Creek is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Stony Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Stony Point is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Windtree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Windtree is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windtree

How Far From Wheatfield to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wheatfield to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Wheatfield to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,319 miles [10,169.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Wheatfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Wheatfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2262, Longitude: -82.1104       In this case, the coordinates for Wheatfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.943 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.236 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.28 degrees.