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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 Landrum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Landrum 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 Landrum:
- 35.174922, -82.189290
- 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 Landrum
- 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 Landrum is near Polk County and also Greenville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville 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 Landrum
Communities Also Named Landrum ...
We found five communities that are also named Landrum.
Within South Carolina, the name Landrum is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Citrus County
- This Landrum is located in Citrus County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the south of the Landrum that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Landrum.
- Georgia
- Dawson County
- This Landrum is located in Dawson County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Landrum that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Landrum.
- Kansas
- Clark 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 Kansas community of Landrum [Clark County].
- Missouri
- Lawrence County
- This Landrum is located in Lawrence County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Landrum that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Landrum.
- Texas
- Cameron County
- This Landrum is located in Cameron County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Landrum that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Landrum.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Landrum ...
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.
- Burnt Chimney Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Burnt Chimney Corner is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Chimney Corner
- Columbus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Five Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Five Oaks is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Glassy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glassy is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassy
- Green Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green Creek is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Hickory Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Little Chicago
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Little Chicago is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Lynn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mascot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mascot is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Sandy Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Plains is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plains
- Tryon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Landrum 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 city such as Landrum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Landrum and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Landrum to Spartanburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 382 miles [614.8 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 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Landrum) 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 Landrum 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'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 Landrum 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 Landrum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1749, Longitude: -82.1893 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.443 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.049 degrees. |
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