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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 Meadowbrook Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadowbrook Farms 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 Meadowbrook Farms:
    • 35.037340, -82.030940
    • 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 Meadowbrook Farms
  • 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 Meadowbrook Farms is near Polk County and also Cherokee 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 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 Meadowbrook Farms

Communities Also Named Meadowbrook Farms ...

We found two communities that are also named Meadowbrook Farms.

Within South Carolina, the name Meadowbrook Farms is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Meadowbrook Farms is located in New Castle County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Meadowbrook Farms that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Meadowbrook Farms.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Meadowbrook Farms is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,667 miles [2,682.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Meadowbrook Farms that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Meadowbrook Farms.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadowbrook Farms ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Chestnut Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chestnut Lake is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Lake
  • Ferndale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Gary Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gary Creek is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Creek
  • Hickory Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Lone Oak
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Mountainbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountainbrook is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
  • Peachtree Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
  • Pinnacle Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quail Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Rainbow Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rainbow Park is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Park
    • Stone Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
    • Twin Brooks
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
    • Twin Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Twin Creek is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
    • Willow Wood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From Meadowbrook Farms 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 Meadowbrook Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Meadowbrook Farms 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 6 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 383 miles [616.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Meadowbrook Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Meadowbrook Farms 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 Meadowbrook Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0373, Longitude: -82.0309       In this case, the coordinates for Meadowbrook Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.91 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.315 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.025 degrees.