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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 McGreegor Downs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McGreegor Downs 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 McGreegor Downs:
- 35.047222, -81.899444
- 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 McGreegor Downs
- 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 McGreegor Downs is near Cherokee County and also Rutherford 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 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 McGreegor Downs
Curious and Interesting Names Near McGreegor Downs ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cherokee Springs is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Springs
- Converse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Enola is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Farmfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Farmfields is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmfields
- Ferndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Kentwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kentwood is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Mayo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo Mills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Mills
- Meadow Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadow Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Spring
- Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountainbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Quail Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Rainbow Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Park
- Riverview Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Riverview Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park
- Twin Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
- Zion Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From McGreegor Downs 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 McGreegor Downs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McGreegor Downs and extending to:
- Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from McGreegor Downs to Columbia, with an average speed<3>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 377 miles [606.7 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 6,974 miles [11,223.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McGreegor Downs) 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 McGreegor Downs 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 McGreegor Downs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0472, Longitude: -81.8994 In this case, the coordinates for McGreegor Downs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.833 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.229 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.97 degrees. |
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