Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Spartanburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spartanburg and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Spartanburg
- 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 Spartanburg:
- 40.066158, -84.851628
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Spartanburg
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Spartanburg is near Darke County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Darke County
- eBird sighting report for Wayne 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Spartanburg ...
We found two communities that share the name Spartanburg.
Within Indiana, the name Spartanburg is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Spartanburg #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spartanburg.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Spartanburg is located in Spartanburg County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Spartanburg that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Spartanburg.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spartanburg ...
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.
- Clark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Crete
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Hollansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollansburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Long
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Lynn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Lynn is located in Randolph County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <4>
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Darke County (OH)
- Palestine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palestine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Palestine is located in Darke County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palestine <4>
- Rural
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Sharpeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Snow Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Snow Hill is located in Randolph County
How Far From Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spartanburg and extending to:
- Winchester, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spartanburg to Winchester, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,768 miles [7,673.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spartanburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Spartanburg 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spartanburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spartanburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0662, Longitude: -84.8516 In this case, the coordinates for Spartanburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Spartanburg to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.641 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.023 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.77 degrees. |