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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 Boiling Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boiling Spring 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 Boiling Spring:
- 33.543764, -81.100098
- 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 Boiling Spring
- 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 Orangeburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Since Boiling Spring is near Bamberg County and also Aiken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bamberg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken 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 Boiling Spring
Communities Also Named Boiling Spring ...
We found five communities that are also named Boiling Spring.
Within South Carolina, the name Boiling Spring is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Boiling Spring is located in Calhoun County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the west of the Boiling Spring that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Boiling Spring.
- Kentucky
- Warren 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 Kentucky community of Boiling Spring [Warren County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Boiling Spring.
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Boiling Spring is located in Albemarle County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Boiling Spring that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Boiling Spring.
- Alleghany County
- This Boiling Spring is located in Alleghany County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km] to the north of the Boiling Spring that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Boiling Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boiling Spring ...
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.
- Cope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Finland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Finland is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finland
- Gravel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Great Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Great Branch is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Branch
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Haddock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Haddock is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Hillview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hillview is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Meadowridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Meadowridge is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Pine Needles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Needles is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
- Pine Tops
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Tops is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tops
- Poplar Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Spring is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Spring
- Sweden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sweden is located in Bamberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
How Far From Boiling Spring 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 Boiling Spring 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 community of Boiling Spring once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Boiling Spring and extending to:
- Orangeburg, which is the Seat of Orangeburg County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boiling Spring to Orangeburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,998 miles [11,262.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Boiling Spring) 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 Boiling Spring 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> | 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 Boiling Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Boiling Spring 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 Boiling Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5438, Longitude: -81.1001 In this case, the coordinates for Boiling Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.353 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.461 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.084 degrees. |
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