Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fairs Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairs Crossroads and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fairs Crossroads

• 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 Fairs Crossroads:
  • 34.281223, -82.431792
  • 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 Fairs Crossroads

• 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 Abbeville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
  • Since Fairs Crossroads is near Greenwood County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Fairs Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairs Crossroads ...

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.

• Brick House
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Brick House is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House
• Buck Stand
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Buck Stand is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Stand
• Cold Spring
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cold Spring is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Dover ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dover is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Due West
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Due West is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Due West
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Due West <1>
• Foxville Crossroads
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Foxville Crossroads is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville Crossroads
• Iris
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Iris is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
• Level Land
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
• Murray ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Murray is located in Abbeville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
• Shoals Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Shoals Junction is located in Greenwood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals Junction

How Far From Fairs Crossroads 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 Fairs Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fairs Crossroads and extending to:

• Abbeville, which is the Seat of Abbeville County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Fairs Crossroads to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 436 miles [701.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,030 miles [11,313.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'