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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 Brown Arrow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brown Arrow 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 Brown Arrow:
- 35.114007, -82.022052
- 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 Brown Arrow
- 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 Spartanburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
- Since Brown Arrow is near Polk County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Brown Arrow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brown Arrow ...
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.
- Boiling Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Lake is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Lake
- Ferndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Fingerville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Hickory Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Little Africa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Little Africa is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Africa
- Mascot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mascot is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountainbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Peachtree Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
- Quail Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rainbow Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Park
- Sandy Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Stone Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
- Twin Brooks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
- Twin Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
- Willow Wood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
How Far From Brown Arrow 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 Brown Arrow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brown Arrow and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brown Arrow to Spartanburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brown Arrow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brown Arrow 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 Brown Arrow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1140, Longitude: -82.0221 In this case, the coordinates for Brown Arrow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.906 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.321 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.00 degrees. |
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