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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 Larkin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Larkin 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 Larkin:
    • 34.920398, -82.069551
    • 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 Larkin
  • 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 Larkin is near Greenville County and also Laurens 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 Laurens 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 Larkin

Communities Also Named Larkin ...

We found seven communities that are also named Larkin.

Within South Carolina, the name Larkin is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • This Larkin is located in Jackson County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the west of the Larkin that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Larkin.
    • Arkansas
      • Izard County
      • This Larkin is located in Izard County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Larkin that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Larkin.
    • British Columbia
      • This Larkin lies 2,136 miles [3,437.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Larkin that is located in Spartanburg County.
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Larkin.
    • Kansas
      • Pawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Larkin [Pawnee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Christian County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Larkin [Christian County].
    • Michigan
      • Midland County
      • This Larkin is located in Midland County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the north of the Larkin that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Larkin.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Larkin ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cold Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Fairforest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Fox Hunt
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fox Hunt is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hunt
  • Gary Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Gary Creek is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Creek
  • Greenridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenridge is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Harveytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harveytown is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Hidden Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Holly Hill Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Hill Heights is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill Heights
  • Holly Tree
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Holly Tree is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Tree
  • Pebblebrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pinnacle Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
    • Poplar Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Poplar Springs is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
    • Raintree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • River Edge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • River Edge is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
    • Serene Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Serene Heights is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene Heights
    • Twin Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes

How Far From Larkin to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Larkin to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Larkin and extending to:

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Larkin to Columbia, with an average speed<5>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 390 miles [627.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,866 miles [7,831.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Larkin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Larkin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Larkin 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Larkin 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 Larkin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9204, Longitude: -82.0696       In this case, the coordinates for Larkin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.931 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.322 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.073 degrees.