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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 White Horse Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Horse Heights 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 White Horse Heights:
- 34.860951, -82.459013
- 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 White Horse Heights
- 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 White Horse Heights 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 White Horse Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Horse Heights ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- City View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- City View is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
- Enchanted Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Enchanted Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Forest
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillandale is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Hughes Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hughes Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Heights
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Mountain Shadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Shadows is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
- Plainview Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Plainview Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
- Quail Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Haven is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Haven
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- View Point Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- View Point Place is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point Place
- Welcome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- White Horse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- White Horse is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Woodside
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodside is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From White Horse Heights 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 White Horse Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Horse Heights and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the East.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from White Horse Heights 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 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Horse Heights) 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 White Horse Heights 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 White Horse Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8610, Longitude: -82.4590 In this case, the coordinates for White Horse Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.157 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.574 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.243 degrees. |
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