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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 Woodburn Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodburn 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 Woodburn Hills:
    • 34.943179, -81.908715
    • 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 Woodburn 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 Woodburn Hills is near Union County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Woodburn Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodburn 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.

  • Camelot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Camelot is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cypress Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Creek is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
  • Farmfields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Farmfields is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmfields
  • Hartwell Courts
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hartwell Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwell Courts
  • Hidden Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hilltop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hub City Courts
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
  • Meadow Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Spring is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Spring
  • Oak Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Oak Creek is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
  • Park Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Park Hills is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Quail Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Raintree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Raintree is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Rosewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosewood is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Summerhill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Sundance
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sundance is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
    • Woodwind
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Woodwind is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodwind
    • Zion Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Zion Hill is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

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

  • Spartanburg, which is the Seat of Spartanburg County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodburn Hills 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 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 383 miles [616.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 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 from Point A (ie- Woodburn Hills) 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 Woodburn 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 Woodburn Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9432, Longitude: -81.9087       In this case, the coordinates for Woodburn Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.838 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.218 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.003 degrees.