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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 Suber, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Suber 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 Suber:
    • 34.930394, -82.269281
    • 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 Suber
  • 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 Suber is near Spartanburg County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg 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 Suber

Curious and Interesting Names Near Suber ...

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.

  • Cane Brake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cane Brake is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Brake
  • Chick Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
  • Green Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Forest is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
  • Grey Fox Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grey Fox Run is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Fox Run
  • Groveland Dell
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Groveland Dell is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Dell
  • Holiday Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Kings ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kings is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Lakeview Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Maple
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Maple is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Maplewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Nursery ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nursery is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Peppertree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Peppertree is located in Greenville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertree
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Riverdowns
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Riverdowns is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdowns
    • Seven Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Silver Leaf
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Silver Leaf is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Leaf
    • Sugar Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Creek is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
    • Sugar Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Mill is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mill

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Greenville County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • 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 Suber 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 397 miles [638.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,874 miles [7,843.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Suber) 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 Suber 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 Suber. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9304, Longitude: -82.2693       In this case, the coordinates for Suber have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.047 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.458 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.149 degrees.