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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 Hub City Courts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hub City Courts 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 Hub City Courts:
- 34.948733, -81.952049
- 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 Hub City Courts
- 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 Hub City Courts is near Union County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Hub City Courts
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hub City Courts ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Fairforest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Farmfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmfields is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmfields
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fox Hunt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Hunt is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hunt
- Hartwell Courts
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
- Hidden Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Lone Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Meadow Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Spring
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Park Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Peachtree Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
- Pebblebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Pinnacle Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
- Quail Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Raintree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Summerhill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
- Woodwind
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodwind is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind
How Far From Hub City Courts to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hub City Courts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hub City Courts and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the East.
- 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 Hub City Courts 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 384 miles [618 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 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hub City Courts) 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 Hub City Courts 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 Hub City Courts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9487, Longitude: -81.9520 In this case, the coordinates for Hub City Courts 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 306.248 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.019 degrees. |
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