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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 Fort Prince Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Prince Farms 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 Fort Prince Farms:
- 34.972341, -82.057329
- 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 Fort Prince Farms
- 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 Fort Prince Farms is near Greenville County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Fort Prince Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Prince Farms ...
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.
- Camelot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Chestnut Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Lake is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Lake
- Cold Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Fairforest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fox Hunt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Hunt is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hunt
- Gary Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gary Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Creek
- Harveytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harveytown is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
- Hickory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hilltop
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Holly Hill Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holly Hill Heights is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill Heights
- Holly Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Tree is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Tree
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lone Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Peachtree Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
- Pebblebrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Pinnacle Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
- Quail Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Raintree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Stone Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
- Twin Brooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Willow Wood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
How Far From Fort Prince Farms 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 Fort Prince Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Prince Farms and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Prince Farms 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 387 miles [622.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,863 miles [7,826.2 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 from Point A (ie- Fort Prince Farms) 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 Fort Prince Farms 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 Fort Prince Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9723, Longitude: -82.0573 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Prince Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.924 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.322 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.054 degrees. |
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