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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 Cooley Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooley 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 Cooley Springs:
- 35.141230, -81.948440
- 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 Cooley 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 Spartanburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
- Since Cooley Springs 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 Cooley Springs
Communities Also Named Cooley Springs ...
We found one communities that are also named Cooley Springs.
Within South Carolina, the name Cooley Springs is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Cooley Springs in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Covington County
- This Cooley Springs is located in Covington County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cooley Springs that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Cooley Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooley 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.
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brown Arrow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Arrow is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Arrow
- Cherokee Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Springs is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Springs
- Fingerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Kentwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kentwood is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Little Africa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Africa is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Africa
- Mayo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayo Mills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Mills
- Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Rainbow Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rainbow Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Park
- Sandy Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandy Springs is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Twin Brooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
- Twin Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
How Far From Cooley Springs to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cooley Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cooley Springs and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cooley Springs to Spartanburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 374 miles [601.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, 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 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cooley Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cooley 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 Cooley Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1412, Longitude: -81.9484 In this case, the coordinates for Cooley Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.863 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.276 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.963 degrees. |
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