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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 Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring 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 Spring Hills:
    • 35.033731, -81.973717
    • 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 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 Spring Hills is near Cherokee County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Hills

Communities Also Named Spring Hills ...

We found two communities that are also named Spring Hills.

Within South Carolina, the name Spring Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Champaign 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 Ohio community of Spring Hills [Champaign County].
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Spring Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Spring Hills that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Spring Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring 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.

  • Boiling Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Ferndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Hickory Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Hilltop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Lone Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Meadow Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Spring is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Spring
  • Mountainbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mountainbrook is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
  • Peachtree Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
  • Quail Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Rainbow Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rainbow Park is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Park
  • Stone Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
  • Twin Brooks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Twin Brooks is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
  • Twin Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Twin Creek is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
  • Willow Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

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

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

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Spring 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 381 miles [613.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,978 miles [11,230 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 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 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 Spring 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring 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 Spring 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 Spring Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0337, Longitude: -81.9737       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.876 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.276 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.003 degrees.