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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 Little Africa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Africa 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 Little Africa:
- 35.167339, -82.026775
- 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 Little Africa
- 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 Little Africa is near Polk County and also Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Little Africa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Africa ...
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.
- Boiling Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brown Arrow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brown Arrow is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Arrow
- Fingerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Five Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Five Oaks is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
- Green Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Creek is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Hickory Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Holly Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mascot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mascot is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Rainbow Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rainbow Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Park
- Sandy Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Plains is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Plains
- Sandy Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Twin Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
How Far From Little Africa 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 Little Africa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Africa and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Africa to Spartanburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 98 miles [157.7 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 376 miles [605.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, 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 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,854 miles [7,811.8 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 '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- Little Africa) 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 Little Africa 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 Little Africa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1673, Longitude: -82.0268 In this case, the coordinates for Little Africa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.909 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.333 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.987 degrees. |
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