Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cayce, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cayce and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cayce
- 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 Cayce:
- 33.965301, -81.074046
- 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 Cayce
- 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 Lexington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lexington County
- Since Cayce is near Richland County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Richland County
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Cayce ...
We found three communities that share the name Cayce.
Within South Carolina, the name Cayce is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Fulton County
- This Cayce is located in Fulton County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cayce that is located in Lexington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Cayce.
- Hancock 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 Kentucky community of Cayce [Hancock County].
- Mississippi
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cayce ...
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.
- Apollo Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apollo Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo Gardens
- Apollo Gardens is located in Lexington County
- Arthur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Arthurtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown
- Arthurtown is located in Richland County
- Booker Washington Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booker Washington Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker Washington Heights
- Booker Washington Heights is located in Richland County
- Butchertown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butchertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
- Butchertown is located in Richland County
- Cedarwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cross Roads is located in Richland County
- Dutch Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Square
- Dutch Square is located in Richland County
- Dutchbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutchbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchbrook
- Dutchbrook is located in Richland County
- Edenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Elm Abode
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Emerald Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Valley
- Emerald Valley is located in Richland County
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- Glenn Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
- Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
- Greyland Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greyland Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyland Forest
- Greyland Forest is located in Lexington County
- Happytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Heathwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Indian Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Pines
- Indian Pines is located in Lexington County
- Kings Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
- Kings Grant is located in Lexington County
- Lloydswoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloydswoods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydswoods
- Lloydswoods is located in Lexington County
- Oak Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Pineridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Pineridge is located in Lexington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Quail Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in Lexington County
- Riverbanks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverbanks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbanks
- Riverbanks is located in Richland County
- Riverside Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Forest
- Riverside Forest is located in Richland County
- Rose Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Gardens
- Rose Gardens is located in Lexington County
- Rosewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Lexington County
- Styx ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Three Fountains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Fountains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Fountains
- Three Fountains is located in Lexington County
- Glenn Village
How Far From Cayce 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 city such as Cayce to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cayce and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Lexington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cayce to Lexington, 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 just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 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 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cayce: www.cityofcayce-sc.gov/
The official website for Lexington County: www.lex-co.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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cayce) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cayce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9653, Longitude: -81.0740 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cayce 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> | 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 Cayce to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.345 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.512 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.957 degrees. |