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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 Meansville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meansville 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 Meansville:
- 34.807632, -81.754545
- 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 Meansville
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Meansville is near Spartanburg County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg 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 Meansville
Communities Also Named Meansville ...
We found one communities that are also named Meansville.
Within South Carolina, the name Meansville is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Meansville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Pike County
- This Meansville is located in Pike County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Meansville that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Meansville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meansville ...
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.
- Black Jack Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Black Jack Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Valley
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchman is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman
- Glenn Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glenn Springs is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Springs
- Goat Alley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goat Alley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat Alley
- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kelly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kelly is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Kennedy Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kennedy Mill is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Mill
- Maryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maryville is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryville
- Mean Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mean Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mean Crossroads
How Far From Meansville 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 Meansville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Meansville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Meansville and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Meansville to Union, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 69 miles [111 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 384 miles [618 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 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Meansville) 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> | 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 Meansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Meansville 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 Meansville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8076, Longitude: -81.7545 In this case, the coordinates for Meansville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.746 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.094 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.981 degrees. |
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