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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 Wood Haven Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wood Haven Park 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 Wood Haven Park:
    • 35.062905, -81.674265
    • 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 Wood Haven 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Since Wood Haven Park is near Spartanburg County and also Cleveland 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 Cleveland 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 Wood Haven Park

Communities Also Named Wood Haven Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Wood Haven Park.

Within South Carolina, the name Wood Haven Park is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Wood Haven Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Wood Haven Park is located in Charles County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wood Haven Park that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Wood Haven Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wood Haven 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.

  • Beaverdam
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaverdam is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Cherokee Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • College Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Garden Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Garden Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
  • Glenhaven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Glenhaven is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhaven
  • Harmony Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harmony Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
  • Hillbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hillbrook is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
  • Kings Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kings Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
  • Maplewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maplewood is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Pleasant Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Meadows is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Meadows
  • Quail Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Rosehill Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosehill Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Park
  • Tanglewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tanglewood is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Thicketty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Thicketty is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thicketty

How Far From Wood Haven 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 Wood Haven Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Gaffney, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Wood Haven Park 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wood Haven Park) 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 Wood Haven 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 Wood Haven Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0629, Longitude: -81.6743       In this case, the coordinates for Wood Haven Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.703 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.081 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.877 degrees.