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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 Woodland Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodland Village 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 Woodland Village:
    • 34.769564, -82.247894
    • 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 Village
  • 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 Woodland Village is near Laurens County and also Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg 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 Woodland Village

Communities Also Named Woodland Village ...

We found four communities that are also named Woodland Village.

Within South Carolina, the name Woodland Village is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodland Village that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Woodland Village.
    • Indiana
      • Porter County
      • This Woodland Village is located in Porter County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Woodland Village that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Woodland Village.
    • Maryland
      • Charles 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 Maryland community of Woodland Village [Charles County].
      • Howard County
      • This Woodland Village is located in Howard County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodland Village that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Woodland Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodland Village ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Camelot is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cherokee Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
  • Five Forks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Heritage Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Heritage Lakes is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Lakes
  • Holly Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Springs is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Hunters Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hunters Woods is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Woods
  • Poinsetta
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Poinsetta is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinsetta
  • Ponderosa
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ponderosa is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Powderhorn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Powderhorn is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderhorn
  • Summerwoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Summerwoods is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwoods
  • Walkers Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Walkers Crossing is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Crossing
  • Woodhedge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Woodhedge is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhedge
  • Woodwinds
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodwinds is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwinds

How Far From Woodland Village 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 Woodland Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodland Village to Greenville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Woodland Village) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Woodland Village 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 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 Woodland Village 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 Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7696, Longitude: -82.2479       In this case, the coordinates for Woodland Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.032 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.417 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.185 degrees.