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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 Greenplains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenplains 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 Greenplains:
- 34.479323, -79.982567
- 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 Greenplains
- 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 Darlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darlington County
- Since Greenplains is near Chesterfield County and also Marlboro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro 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 Greenplains
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenplains ...
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.
- Dovesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Floyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Green Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Hill is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hartsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hunts Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts Crossroads is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Crossroads
- Patrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plumfield Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plumfield Landing is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumfield Landing
- Society Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Park is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Sparks Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks Ferry is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Ferry
- Tanglewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Greenplains 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 Greenplains to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Greenplains once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Greenplains and extending to:
- Darlington, which is the Seat of Darlington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Greenplains to Darlington, with an average speed<4> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,791 miles [7,710.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Greenplains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenplains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Greenplains 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 Greenplains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4793, Longitude: -79.9826 In this case, the coordinates for Greenplains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.729 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.879 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.396 degrees. |
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