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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 Una, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Una 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 Una:
    • 34.968907, -81.970434
    • 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 Una
  • 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 Una is near Cherokee County and also Union 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 Union 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 Una

Communities Also Named Una ...

We found seven communities that are also named Una.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Una.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Darlington County
      • This Una is located in Darlington County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Una that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Una.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Una is located in Kern County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Una that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Una.
    • Colorado
      • Garfield County
      • This Una is located in Garfield County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Una that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Una.
    • Mississippi
      • Clay County
      • This Una is located in Clay County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the west of the Una that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Una.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Una is located in Davidson County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Una that is located in Spartanburg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Una.
    • Texas
      • Robertson County
      • 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 Texas community of Una [Robertson County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockbridge County
      • 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 Virginia community of Una [Rockbridge County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Una ...

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 south)
    • Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Fairforest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ferndale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ferndale is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Forest Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Park is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Hartwell Courts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
  • Hilltop
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hub City Courts
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
  • Lone Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Mountainbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mountainbrook is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
  • Park Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Peachtree Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Peachtree Gardens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Gardens
  • Pinnacle Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pinnacle Heights is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Heights
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Quail Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Raintree
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Stone Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Stone Creek is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
    • Summerhill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Willow Wood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Wood is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From Una to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Una to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Una 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 384 miles [618 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 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Una) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Una 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 Una 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 Una. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9689, Longitude: -81.9704    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.874 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.264 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.02 degrees.