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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 Spartanburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg:
- 34.951497, -81.932661
- 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 Spartanburg
- 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 Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg
Communities Also Named Spartanburg ...
We found two communities that are also named Spartanburg.
Within South Carolina, the name Spartanburg is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Randolph County
- This Spartanburg is located in Randolph County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Spartanburg that is located in Spartanburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Spartanburg.
- Kansas
- Spartanburg #
- 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 Kansas community of Spartanburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spartanburg ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cold Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cypress Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Fairforest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Farmfields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmfields is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmfields
- Ferndale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Hartwell Courts
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
- Hidden Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hub City Courts
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Lone Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Meadow Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meadow Spring is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Spring
- Oak Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Creek is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Park Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Peachtree Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
- Pebblebrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pebblebrook is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
- Quail Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Quail Hollow is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Raintree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Summerhill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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
- Zion Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Spartanburg 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 city such as Spartanburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spartanburg and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Spartanburg 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 383 miles [616.4 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 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Spartanburg) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Spartanburg 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'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 Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9515, Longitude: -81.9327 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.852 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.236 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.01 degrees. |
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