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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 Green Fields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Fields and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Green Fields:
    • 34.872340, -82.317062
    • 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 Green Fields
  • 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 Green Fields 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 Green Fields

Communities Also Named Green Fields ...

We found two communities that are also named Green Fields.

Within South Carolina, the name Green Fields is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Green Fields is located in Gloucester County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Green Fields that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Green Fields.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Green Fields [Dauphin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Fields ...

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 Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Dove Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dove Tree is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Tree
  • Forest View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Forest View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Green Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
  • Green Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Grey Fox Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Grey Fox Run is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Fox Run
  • Hermitage Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • Kingsgate
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
  • Liberty Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
  • Mountain Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mountain Brook is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
  • Nursery ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Nursery is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Orchard Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Orchard Park is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Paris
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Paris is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Pine Knott Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Knott Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knott Forest
    • Piney Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Quail Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Rosedale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rosedale is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Shady Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
    • Silver Leaf
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Leaf is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
    • Spring Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
    • Sugar Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Sugar Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
    • Timberlake
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Timberlake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • University Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • University Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights

How Far From Green Fields 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 Green Fields to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Green Fields and extending to:

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Green Fields 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 6 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 402 miles [647 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 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- Green Fields) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Green Fields could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Green Fields 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 Green Fields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8723, Longitude: -82.3171       In this case, the coordinates for Green Fields have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.074 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.48 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.184 degrees.