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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 Johnson City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnson City 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 Johnson City:
    • 34.965398, -81.988994
    • 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 Johnson City
  • 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 Johnson City is near Greenville County and also Cherokee 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 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 Johnson City

Communities Also Named Johnson City ...

We found six communities that are also named Johnson City.

Within South Carolina, the name Johnson City is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Johnson City [Hamilton County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Johnson City is located in Saint Clair County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Johnson City that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Johnson City.
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This Johnson City is located in Broome County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Johnson City that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Johnson City.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Johnson City is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,232 miles [3,592.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Johnson City that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Johnson City.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Johnson City is located in Washington County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Johnson City that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Johnson City.
    • Texas
      • Blanco County
      • This Johnson City is located in Blanco County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Johnson City that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blanco County community of Johnson City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnson City ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cold Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Fairforest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Hilltop
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hub City Courts
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
  • Lone Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Park Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Peachtree Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pinnacle Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
    • Quail Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Raintree
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Stone Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
    • Summerhill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Willow Wood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From Johnson City 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 Johnson City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnson City 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 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Johnson City to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 385 miles [619.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Johnson City 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Johnson City 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 Johnson City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9654, Longitude: -81.9890       In this case, the coordinates for Johnson City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.884 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.276 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.029 degrees.