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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 Bishop Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bishop Town and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bishop Town:
- 34.662911, -81.719269
- 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 Bishop Town
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Bishop Town is near Spartanburg County and also Laurens 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 Laurens 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 Bishop Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bishop Town ...
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.
- Black Jack Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Black Jack Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Valley
- Buffalo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Anchor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cross Keys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Keys is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Dutchman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchman is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman
- Goat Alley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goat Alley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Alley
- Jones Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Ferry is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Monarch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monarch is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Shady Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wildcat ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wildcat is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Bishop Town to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bishop Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Bishop Town once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bishop Town and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Bishop Town to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bishop Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bishop Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Bishop Town 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 Bishop Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6629, Longitude: -81.7193 In this case, the coordinates for Bishop Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.724 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.048 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.008 degrees. |
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