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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 Pauline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pauline 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 Pauline:
    • 34.830343, -81.871277
    • 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 Pauline
  • 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 Pauline 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 Pauline

Communities Also Named Pauline ...

We found eight communities that are also named Pauline.

Within South Carolina, the name Pauline is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Franklin 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 Arkansas community of Pauline [Franklin County].
    • Idaho
      • Power County
      • This Pauline is located in Power County and lies 1,726 miles [2,777.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pauline that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Power County community of Pauline.
    • Illinois
      • Champaign County
      • This Pauline is located in Champaign County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pauline that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Pauline.
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee County
      • This Pauline is located in Shawnee County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pauline that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Pauline.
    • Missouri
      • Pauline #
      • 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 Missouri community of Pauline.
    • Nebraska
      • Adams County
      • This Pauline is located in Adams County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pauline that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Pauline.
    • Texas
      • Hardeman 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 Texas community of Pauline [Hardeman County].
      • Henderson County
      • This Pauline is located in Henderson County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<2> to the west of the Pauline that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Pauline.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pauline ...

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.

  • Dutchman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dutchman is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman
  • Glenn Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenn Springs is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Springs
  • Hartwell Courts
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
  • Hidden Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Kennedy Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Kennedy Mill is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Mill
  • Meansville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Meansville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meansville
  • Oak Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oak Creek is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
  • Quail Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Rosewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rosewood is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Stone Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Stone Station is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Station
  • Sundance
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sundance is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
  • Walnut Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Woodwind
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Woodwind is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind

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

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

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pauline to Spartanburg, with an average speed<3> 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 74 miles [119.1 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Pauline 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pauline) 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 Pauline 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 Pauline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8303, Longitude: -81.8713    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.814 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.176 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.02 degrees.