Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Excelsior, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Excelsior and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Excelsior
- 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 Excelsior:
- 34.695990, -79.931731
- 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 Excelsior
- 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Since Excelsior is near Marlboro County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
- eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Excelsior ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Excelsior.
Within South Carolina, the name Excelsior is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Bulloch 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 Georgia community of Excelsior [Bulloch County].
- Candler County
- This Excelsior is located in Candler County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Excelsior that is located in Chesterfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Candler County community of Excelsior.
- Tift County
- This Excelsior is located in Tift County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km] to the southwest of the Excelsior that is located in Chesterfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tift County community of Excelsior.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Douglas 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 Kansas community of Excelsior [Douglas County].
- Mitchell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Mitchell County].
- Pawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Pawnee County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Excelsior.
- Morgan County
- This Excelsior is located in Morgan County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Excelsior that is located in Chesterfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Excelsior.
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Washington
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- This Excelsior is located in McDowell County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Excelsior that is located in Chesterfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Excelsior.
- Upshur County
- This Excelsior is located in Upshur County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km] to the north of the Excelsior that is located in Chesterfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Excelsior.
- Webster County
- This Excelsior is located in Webster County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the north of the Excelsior that is located in Chesterfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Excelsior.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Excelsior ...
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.
- Cash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Everetts ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Everetts Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everetts Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Mill
- Everetts Mill is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Fisher Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
- Fisher Hill is located in Chesterfield County
- Hunts Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Mill
- Hunts Mill is located in Chesterfield County
- Hunts Spring ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Spring
- Hunts Spring is located in Chesterfield County
- Little Mountain ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Little Mountain is located in Marlboro County
- Rivers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Excelsior 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 Excelsior to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Excelsior once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Excelsior and extending to:
- Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Excelsior to Chesterfield, with an average speed<5> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,780 miles [7,692.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Excelsior) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Excelsior. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6960, Longitude: -79.9317 In this case, the coordinates for Excelsior have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Excelsior 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Excelsior, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Excelsior 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 309.70 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.877 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.311 degrees. |