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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 Spring Brook Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Brook Terrace 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 Spring Brook Terrace:
    • 34.779840, -82.413179
    • 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 Spring Brook Terrace
  • 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 Spring Brook Terrace is near Anderson County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Spring Brook Terrace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Brook Terrace ...

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.

  • Chestnut Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • Elizabeth Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Elizabeth Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Heights
  • Fern Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fern Creek is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Creek
  • Golden Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden Grove is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
  • Idlewild
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Idlewild is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Marshall Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshall Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Forest
  • Moonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Moonville is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
  • Pecan Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pecan Terrace is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Terrace
  • Plainview Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainview Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Heights
  • Powderville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Powderville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
  • Rockvale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rockvale is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
  • Royal Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Royal Oaks is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Sunset Forest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sunset Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Forest
    • Supreme Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Supreme Forest is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme Forest
    • Tanglewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tanglewood is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Welcome
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Welcome is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • White Horse
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • White Horse is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse

How Far From Spring Brook Terrace 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 Spring Brook Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Spring Brook Terrace and extending to:

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the North.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Spring Brook Terrace 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 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 411 miles [661.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,887 miles [7,864.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Spring Brook Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Spring Brook Terrace 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 Spring Brook Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7798, Longitude: -82.4132       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Brook Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.129 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.53 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.247 degrees.