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 Elsie:
33.932091, -81.333990
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.
We found eight communities that share the name Elsie.
Within South Carolina, the name Elsie is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Ware 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 Georgia community of Elsie [Ware County].
Kentucky
Magoffin County
This Elsie is located in Magoffin County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Elsie that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Elsie.
Michigan
Clinton County
This Elsie is located in Clinton County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Elsie that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Elsie.
Mississippi
Calhoun 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 Mississippi community of Elsie [Calhoun County].
Nebraska
Perkins County
This Elsie is located in Perkins County and lies 1,195 miles [1,923.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Elsie that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perkins County community of Elsie.
North Carolina
Mitchell 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 North Carolina community of Elsie [Mitchell County].
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Elsie.
Oregon
Clatsop County
This Elsie is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,353 miles [3,786.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Elsie that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Elsie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elsie ...
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.
Clubhouse Crossroads (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Elsie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elsie and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Elsie to Columbia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 417 miles [671.1 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 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Elsie 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elsie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elsie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9321, Longitude: -81.3340 In this case, the coordinates for Elsie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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'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 Elsie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.492 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.676 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.064 degrees.