Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ada, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ada and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ada
- 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 Ada:
- 34.566250, -81.528435
- 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 Ada
- 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 Ada is near Chester County and also Newberry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- eBird sighting report for Newberry 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 Ada ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Ada.
Within South Carolina, the name Ada is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Ada, we know of seven communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- This Ada is located in Bienville Parish and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the west of the Ada that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Ada.
- Grant Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Ada [Grant Parish].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Distance: 5,003 miles [8,051.5 km]<1> to the northeast
- Spain
- Distance: 3,888 miles [6,257.1 km]<1> to the east northeast
- Ghana
- Distance: 5,301 miles [8,531.1 km]<1> to the east
- Croatia
- Distance: 5,002 miles [8,049.9 km]<1> to the northeast
- India
- Distance: 8,461 miles [13,616.7 km]<1> to the north northeast
- Japan
- Distance: 7,767 miles [12,499.8 km]<1> to the north northwest
- Serbia
- Distance: 5,047 miles [8,122.4 km]<1> to the northeast
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ada ...
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.
- Beaver Dam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam is located in Union County
- David Sims Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for David Sims Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Sims Ferry
- David Sims Ferry is located in Union County
- Delta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Fishdam Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishdam Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam Ferry
- Fishdam Ferry is located in Chester County
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Herbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Jones Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Jones Ferry is located in Union County
- Lyles Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyles Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyles Ferry
- Lyles Ferry is located in Chester County
- Pride ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Red Point ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Red Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Rogers Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Ferry
- Rogers Ferry is located in Union County
- Shady Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Union County
- Tuckertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Tuckertown is located in Union County
How Far From Ada to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ada 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<4> community of Ada once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ada and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ada to Union, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 48 miles [77.2 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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> | 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- Ada) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ada. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5662, Longitude: -81.5284 In this case, the coordinates for Ada have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Ada 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ada to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.613 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.906 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.961 degrees. |