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 West Springs:
34.770965, -81.781767
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 West Springs
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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that are also named West Springs.
Within South Carolina, the name West Springs is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named West Springs in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Cobb County
This West Springs is located in Cobb County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the West Springs that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of West Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Springs ...
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.
Black Jack Valley ‑ Historic (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 West Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Springs and extending to:
Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Springs to Union, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
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).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- West Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
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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 West Springs 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 West Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7710, Longitude: -81.7818 In this case, the coordinates for West Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.762 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.107 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.002 degrees.