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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 Humphriesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Humphriesville 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 Humphriesville:
- 34.803466, -81.615376
- 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 Humphriesville
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Humphriesville is near Cherokee County and also Chester 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 Chester 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 Humphriesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Humphriesville ...
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.
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Goat Alley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goat Alley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Alley
- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kelly is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Mean Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mean Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mean Crossroads
- Meansville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meansville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meansville
- Monarch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Monarch is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Pine Tree ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
- Red Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Humphriesville 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 Humphriesville 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 Humphriesville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Humphriesville and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the South.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Humphriesville to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 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 Humphriesville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Humphriesville) 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 Humphriesville 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 Humphriesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8035, Longitude: -81.6154 In this case, the coordinates for Humphriesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.666 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.001 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.928 degrees. |
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