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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 Colliers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colliers 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 Colliers:
- 33.708207, -82.078154
- 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 Colliers
- 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 Edgefield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgefield County
- Since Colliers is near McCormick County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCormick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Colliers
Communities Also Named Colliers ...
We found four communities that are also named Colliers.
Within South Carolina, the name Colliers is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Tazewell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Colliers [Tazewell County].
- New York
- Otsego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Colliers [Otsego County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Colliers lies 1,769 miles [2,846.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Colliers that is located in Edgefield County.
- West Virginia
- Brooke County
- This Colliers is located in Brooke County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the north of the Colliers that is located in Edgefield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Colliers.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colliers ...
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.
- Dents Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dents Ferry is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Ferry
- Fernbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fernbrook is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbrook
- Furys Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Furys Ferry is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furys Ferry
- Highview ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highview is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Millers Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Millers Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Crossroads
- Morgana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Morgana is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgana
- Parksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ropers Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ropers Crossroads is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ropers Crossroads
- Wise ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wise is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Colliers 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 Colliers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colliers and extending to:
- Edgefield, which is the Seat of Edgefield County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Colliers to Edgefield, 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 63 miles [101.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Colliers 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colliers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Colliers 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 Colliers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7082, Longitude: -82.0782 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.407 degrees. |
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