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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 Farmfields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Farmfields 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 Farmfields:
- 34.987067, -81.896493
- 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 Farmfields
- 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 Farmfields is near Cherokee County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Farmfields
Curious and Interesting Names Near Farmfields ...
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.
- Cherokee Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Springs is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Springs
- Cherry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Hill is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Converse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Enola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enola is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Ferndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Hartwell Courts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hilltop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hub City Courts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
- Kentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kentwood is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Lone Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Meadow Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Spring
- Mountainbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Oak Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Park Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Quail Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Hollow is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Riverview Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park
- Summerhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Twin Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
- Zion Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Farmfields 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 Farmfields to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Farmfields and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Farmfields to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 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 4,855 miles [7,813.4 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- Farmfields) 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 Farmfields 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 Farmfields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9871, Longitude: -81.8965 In this case, the coordinates for Farmfields have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.831 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.217 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.986 degrees. |
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