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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 Park Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Hills 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 Park Hills:
    • 34.935123, -81.949826
    • 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 Park Hills
  • 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 Park Hills is near Union County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Park Hills

Communities Also Named Park Hills ...

We found eight communities that are also named Park Hills.

Within South Carolina, the name Park Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Effingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Park Hills [Effingham County].
    • Iowa
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Park Hills [Marion County].
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • This Park Hills is located in Kenton County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Park Hills that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Park Hills.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • This Park Hills is located in Saint Francois County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Park Hills that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Park Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Park Hills is located in Centre County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Park Hills that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Park Hills.
      • York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Park Hills [York County].
    • West Virginia
      • Cabell County
      • This Park Hills is located in Cabell County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the north of the Park Hills that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Park Hills.
      • Monongalia County
      • This Park Hills is located in Monongalia County and lies 343 miles [552 km] to the north northeast of the Park Hills that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Park Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Hills ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cold Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Fairforest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Farmfields
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmfields is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmfields
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Fox Hunt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Hunt is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hunt
  • Hartwell Courts
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
  • Hidden Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hilltop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hub City Courts
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
  • Lone Oak
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pebblebrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
    • Pinnacle Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
    • Raintree
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Summerhill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Woodwind
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodwind is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind

How Far From Park Hills to ...

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

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

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Park Hills to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 385 miles [619.6 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 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Park Hills 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Park Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Park Hills 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 Park Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9351, Longitude: -81.9498       In this case, the coordinates for Park Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.861 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.245 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.022 degrees.