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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 Boykin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boykin 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 Boykin:
    • 34.116819, -80.581471
    • 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 Boykin
  • 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 Kershaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kershaw County
    • Since Boykin is near Sumter County and also Richland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 Boykin

Communities Also Named Boykin ...

We found six communities that are also named Boykin.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Boykin.

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

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Marlboro County
      • This Boykin is located in Marlboro County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Boykin that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marlboro County community of Boykin.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • This Boykin is located in Covington County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Boykin that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Boykin.
      • Escambia County
      • This Boykin is located in Escambia County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km] to the west southwest of the Boykin that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Boykin.
      • Wilcox County
      • This Boykin is located in Wilcox County and lies 412 miles [663 km] to the west southwest of the Boykin that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Boykin.
    • Florida
      • Jackson 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 Florida community of Boykin [Jackson County].
    • Georgia
      • Miller County
      • This Boykin is located in Miller County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Boykin that is located in Kershaw County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Boykin.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boykin ...

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 Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Catchall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Catchall is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catchall
  • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Ellerbees Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ellerbees Mill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbees Mill
  • English ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • English is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Green Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Green Valley is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hermitage Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hermitage Mill is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Mill
  • Hillcrest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Leesburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Leesburg is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Log Town ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Log Town is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
  • Lugoff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Meadow View is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Paint Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Paint Hill is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Hill
    • Pecan Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pecan Grove is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
    • Pecan Orchard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pecan Orchard is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Orchard
    • Pepper Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pepper Ridge is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Ridge
    • Sanders Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sanders Corner is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Corner
    • Spears Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Spears Creek is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Creek
    • Tickle Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Tickle Hill is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickle Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boykin and extending to:

  • Camden, which is the Seat of Kershaw County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Boykin to Camden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 384 miles [618 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,258 miles [10,071.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 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- Boykin) 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 Boykin 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Boykin 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 Boykin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1168, Longitude: -80.5815       In this case, the coordinates for Boykin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.067 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.214 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.728 degrees.