Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in South Meadows Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Meadows Farms and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for South Meadows Farms

• 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 South Meadows Farms:
  • 34.915679, -81.947048
  • 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 South Meadows 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 South Meadows Farms 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 South Meadows Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Meadows 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.

• Camelot
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
• Cold Spring
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Hartwell Courts
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
• Hidden Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
• Hub City Courts
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
• Park Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
• Pebblebrook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
• Raintree
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
• Summerhill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
• Woodwind
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodwind is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in South Meadows Farms and extending to:

• Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from South Meadows Farms to Columbia, with an average speed<2>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 386 miles [621.2 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<3> 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).<4>
• 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).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'