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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 Evergreen Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Evergreen Acres and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Evergreen Acres:
    • 34.728483, -80.702567
    • 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 Evergreen Acres
  • 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Since Evergreen Acres is near Union County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Evergreen Acres

Communities Also Named Evergreen Acres ...

We found six communities that are also named Evergreen Acres.

Within South Carolina, the name Evergreen Acres is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Santa Barbara 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 California community of Evergreen Acres [Santa Barbara County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Evergreen Acres is located in New Castle County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Evergreen Acres that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Evergreen Acres.
      • Sussex County
      • This Evergreen Acres is located in Sussex County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km] to the northeast of the Evergreen Acres that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Evergreen Acres.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • This Evergreen Acres is located in Monroe County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Evergreen Acres that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Evergreen Acres.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Evergreen Acres lies 1,875 miles [3,017.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Evergreen Acres that is located in Lancaster County.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Evergreen Acres is located in Davis County and lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Evergreen Acres that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Evergreen Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Evergreen Acres ...

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.

  • Crocketts Crossroad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Crocketts Crossroad is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Crossroad
  • Doctor Sapps Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dwight Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dwight Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Crossroads
  • Erwin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Erwin is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
  • Fork Hill Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fork Hill Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Hill Crossroads
  • Green Peach Orchard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Peach Orchard is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Peach Orchard
  • Irwin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Irwin is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Jones Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jones Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
  • New Cut
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • New Cut is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Quail Haven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Quail Haven is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Haven
    • Rich Hill Crossroads
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rich Hill Crossroads is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Crossroads
    • Smoke Rise
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Smoke Rise is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
    • Union
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Union is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Unity
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Unity is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

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

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

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the West.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Evergreen Acres to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 351 miles [564.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Evergreen Acres 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evergreen Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Evergreen Acres 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 Evergreen Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7285, Longitude: -80.7026       In this case, the coordinates for Evergreen Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.14 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.387 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.596 degrees.