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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 Blacks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blacks 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 Blacks:
- 33.916527, -81.676772
- 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 Blacks
- 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 Saluda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saluda County
- Since Blacks is near Aiken County and also Lexington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington 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 Blacks
Communities Also Named Blacks ...
We found five communities that are also named Blacks.
Within South Carolina, the name Blacks is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Ada 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 Idaho community of Blacks [Ada County].
- Illinois
- Adams County
- This Blacks is located in Adams County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Blacks that is located in Saluda County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Blacks.
- Maryland
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Blacks [Kent County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Blacks [Clarion County].
- Venango County
- This Blacks is located in Venango County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<2> to the north of the Blacks that is located in Saluda County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Blacks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blacks ...
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.
- Denny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Denny is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
- Fruit Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fruit Hill is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Hibernia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hibernia is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Jones Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Limp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limp is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Merchant ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Merchant is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchant
- Mount Willing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Willing is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Willing
- Ridge Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Blacks to ...
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 Blacks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blacks and extending to:
- Saluda, which is the Seat of Saluda County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Blacks to Columbia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,010 miles [11,281.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Blacks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Blacks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Blacks 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blacks 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 Blacks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9165, Longitude: -81.6768 In this case, the coordinates for Blacks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.688 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.899 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.198 degrees. |
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