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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 Wyatt Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyatt Acres 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 Wyatt Acres:
    • 34.802338, -82.596243
    • 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 Wyatt 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
    • Since Wyatt Acres is near Anderson County and also Greenville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville 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 Wyatt Acres

Communities Also Named Wyatt Acres ...

We found one communities that are also named Wyatt Acres.

Within South Carolina, the name Wyatt Acres is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Wyatt Acres in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Wyatt Acres is located in Hillsborough County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the south of the Wyatt Acres that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wyatt Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyatt 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.

  • Cherokee Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest Park is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Holly Hill is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Kingsberry
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kingsberry is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsberry
  • Longcreek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Longcreek is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longcreek
  • Marshall Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Marshall Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
  • Pageland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pageland is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland
  • Pickensville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Pickensville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
  • Twinbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Twinbrook is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinbrook
  • Vista Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Vista Heights is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Heights
  • Whispering Pines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Wyatt Acres 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 Wyatt Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pickens, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Wyatt Acres 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wyatt 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 Wyatt 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 Wyatt Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8023, Longitude: -82.5962       In this case, the coordinates for Wyatt Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.236 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.656 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.313 degrees.