Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wildcat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wildcat and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wildcat
- 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 Wildcat:
- 34.636519, -81.831768
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wildcat
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Wildcat is near Spartanburg County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
- eBird sighting report for Laurens 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wildcat ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Wildcat.
Within South Carolina, the name Wildcat is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Louisiana
- New Mexico
- McKinley County
- Although located in McKinley County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Wildcat.
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wildcat [Braxton County].
- Lewis County
- This Wildcat is located in Lewis County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Wildcat that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Wildcat.
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wildcat ...
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.
- Bishop Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
- Bishop Town is located in Union County
- Black Jack Valley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Jack Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Valley
- Black Jack Valley is located in Union County
- Cross Anchor
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Anchor
- Cross Anchor is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross Anchor <5>
- Cross Keys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Keys have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Cross Keys is located in Union County
- Crows ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Dutchman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Hillsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Hillsville is located in Spartanburg County
- Hobbyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbyville
- Hobbyville is located in Spartanburg County
- Long Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Long Branch is located in Laurens County
How Far From Wildcat 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 Wildcat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Wildcat once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Wildcat and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wildcat to Union, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,289 miles [10,121.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Union County: www.countyofunion.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wildcat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wildcat) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wildcat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6365, Longitude: -81.8318 In this case, the coordinates for Wildcat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Wildcat 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wildcat to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.789 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.118 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.059 degrees. |