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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 Ezell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ezell 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 Ezell:
    • 35.137901, -81.816769
    • 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 Ezell
  • 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
    • Since Ezell is near Spartanburg County and also Rutherford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spartanburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford 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 Ezell

Communities Also Named Ezell ...

We found three communities that are also named Ezell.

There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Ezell.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In South Carolina ...
    • Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Ezell [Spartanburg County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • This Ezell is located in Pike County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ezell that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Ezell.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick County
      • This Ezell is located in Brunswick County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ezell that is located in Cherokee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Ezell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ezell ...

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.

  • Byersville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Byersville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
  • Cherokee Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Cherokee Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Springs is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Springs
  • Cowpens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <3>
  • Enola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Enola is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
  • Garden Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Garden Park is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
  • Grassy Pond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Grassy Pond is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Pond
  • Harris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harris is located in Rutherford County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Henrietta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Henrietta is located in Rutherford County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Jones Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Ferry is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
  • Kentwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kentwood is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
  • Love Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Love Springs is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Springs
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Maud
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Maud is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
    • Mayo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayo Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mayo Mills is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Mills
    • Mountain View
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountain View is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Pleasant Meadows
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Meadows is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Meadows
    • Riverview Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Riverview Park is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park

How Far From Ezell 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 community such as Ezell 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<4> community of Ezell once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ezell and extending to:

  • Gaffney, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ezell to Gaffney, 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 369 miles [593.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 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 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 Ezell 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' (or 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- Ezell) 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>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 Ezell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ezell 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 Ezell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1379, Longitude: -81.8168       In this case, the coordinates for Ezell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.786 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.187 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.912 degrees.