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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 Ayers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ayers 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 Ayers:
    • 34.610714, -79.702560
    • 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 Ayers
  • 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 Marlboro County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
    • Since Ayers is near Chesterfield County and also Darlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Darlington 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 Ayers

Communities Also Named Ayers ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Ayers.

Within South Carolina, the name Ayers is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hernando County
      • This Ayers is located in Hernando County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hernando County community of Ayers.
    • Illinois
      • Bond County
      • This Ayers is located in Bond County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bond County community of Ayers.
      • Carroll County
      • This Ayers is located in Carroll County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the northwest of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Ayers.
      • Champaign 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 Illinois community of Ayers [Champaign County].
    • Kentucky
      • Whitley County
      • This Ayers is located in Whitley County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Ayers.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Ayers is located in Washington County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ayers.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala 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 Mississippi community of Ayers [Attala County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dyer County
      • This Ayers is located in Dyer County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Ayers.
    • Virginia
      • Scott 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 Ayers [Scott County].
    • West Virginia
      • Calhoun County
      • This Ayers is located in Calhoun County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Ayers.
    • Wyoming
      • Platte County
      • This Ayers is located in Platte County and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ayers that is located in Marlboro County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Ayers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ayers ...

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.

  • Beauty Spot ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Beauty Spot is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Spot
  • Burnt Factory ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnt Factory is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
  • Everetts ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Everetts is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts
  • Five Forks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Forks is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Grace Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Grace Heights is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Heights
  • Hebron
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hebron is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Lester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lester is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Quick Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Quick Crossroads is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quick Crossroads
  • Sunnybrook Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Sunnybrook Heights is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Heights
  • Welsh Neck ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Welsh Neck is located in Marlboro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Neck

How Far From Ayers 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 Ayers 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<3> community of Ayers once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ayers and extending to:

  • Bennettsville, which is the Seat of Marlboro County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ayers 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 330 miles [531.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,773 miles [7,681.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ayers) 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 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 Ayers 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>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 Ayers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ayers 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 Ayers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6107, Longitude: -79.7026       In this case, the coordinates for Ayers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.57 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.716 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.25 degrees.