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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 Chick Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chick Springs 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 Chick Springs:
- 34.925759, -82.282193
- 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 Chick Springs
- 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Since Chick Springs is near Spartanburg County and also Pickens 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 Pickens 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 Chick Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chick Springs ...
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.
- Cane Brake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Brake is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Brake
- Cherokee Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
- Green Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Forest is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
- Grey Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grey Fox Run is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Fox Run
- Groveland Dell
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Groveland Dell is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Dell
- Holiday Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Hills is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Kings ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kings is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Kingsgate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Lakeview Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Maple
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Nursery ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nursery is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
- Pebble Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pebble Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Peppertree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peppertree is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Quail Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Riverdowns
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverdowns is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdowns
- Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Seven Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Silver Leaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Leaf is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
- Sugar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Creek is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sugar Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Mill is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mill
How Far From Chick Springs 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 Chick Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Chick Springs and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Chick Springs 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 398 miles [640.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,295 miles [10,130.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chick Springs) 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 Chick Springs 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 Chick Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9258, Longitude: -82.2822 In this case, the coordinates for Chick Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.055 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.465 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.155 degrees. |
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