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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 Minter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minter 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 Minter:
    • 34.903728, -82.349285
    • 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 Minter
  • 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 Greenville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Since Minter is near Spartanburg County and also Pickens 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 Pickens 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 Minter

Communities Also Named Minter ...

We found five communities that are also named Minter.

Within South Carolina, the name Minter is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Minter is located in Dallas County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Minter that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Minter.
    • Georgia
      • Laurens County
      • This Minter is located in Laurens County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the south of the Minter that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Minter.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fulton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Minter [Fulton County].
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • This Minter is located in Lamar County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the west of the Minter that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Minter.
    • Washington
      • Pierce County
      • This Minter is located in Pierce County and lies 2,236 miles [3,598.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Minter that is located in Greenville County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Minter.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Minter ...

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.

  • Cherokee Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cherokee Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Forest
  • Forest View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest View is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Green Fields
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Fields is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Fields
  • Green Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Green Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
  • Green Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Green Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Grey Fox Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Grey Fox Run is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Fox Run
  • Hermitage Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hermitage Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Hills
  • Kingsgate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsgate is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
  • Liberty Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Liberty Park is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Park
  • Nursery ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Nursery is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Oak Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Hollow is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
  • Paris
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Paris is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Pebble Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Peppertree
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Peppertree is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
    • Pine Knott Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Pine Knott Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knott Forest
    • Piney Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Piney Ridge is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge
    • Rosedale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rosedale is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Seven Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Shady Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Shady Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Creek
    • Spring Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Spring Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Forest
    • Stone Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone Lake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
    • Timberlake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Timberlake is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • University Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • University Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • Willow Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Willow Heights is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Heights

How Far From Minter to ...

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Minter 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 402 miles [647 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Minter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Minter 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.
<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 Minter 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 Minter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9037, Longitude: -82.3493       In this case, the coordinates for Minter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.094 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.507 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.188 degrees.