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 Woodland Acres:
34.669265, -82.997094
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 Woodland Acres
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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found fourteen communities that are also named Woodland Acres.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Woodland Acres.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Williamsburg County
This Woodland Acres is located in Williamsburg County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Woodland Acres.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Santa Clara County
This Woodland Acres is located in Santa Clara County and lies 2,175 miles [3,500.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Woodland Acres.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Woodland Acres is located in Hillsborough County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the south of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Woodland Acres.
Georgia
Dougherty County
This Woodland Acres is located in Dougherty County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Woodland Acres.
Newton County
This Woodland Acres is located in Newton County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the southwest of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Woodland Acres.
Illinois
Ogle County
This Woodland Acres is located in Ogle County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Woodland Acres.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Woodland Acres is located in Calvert County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Woodland Acres.
Dorchester County
This Woodland Acres is located in Dorchester County and lies 471 miles [758 km] to the northeast of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Woodland Acres.
Saint Mary's County
This Woodland Acres is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the northeast of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Woodland Acres.
North Carolina
Martin County
This Woodland Acres is located in Martin County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Woodland Acres.
Tennessee
Henry County
This Woodland Acres is located in Henry County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Woodland Acres.
Knox County
This Woodland Acres is located in Knox County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the northwest of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Woodland Acres.
Texas
Harris County
This Woodland Acres is located in Harris County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Woodland Acres.
Virginia
Arlington County
This Woodland Acres is located in Arlington County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodland Acres that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Woodland Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodland Acres ...
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.
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 Woodland Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodland Acres and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodland Acres to Columbia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,337 miles [10,198.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 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 from Point A (ie- Woodland Acres) 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 Woodland Acres 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 Woodland Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6693, Longitude: -82.9971 In this case, the coordinates for Woodland Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.468 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.903 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.507 degrees.