Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Maud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maud and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Maud
- 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 Maud:
- 35.147625, -81.744823
- 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 Maud
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Maud is near Cleveland County and also Rutherford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Maud ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Maud.
There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Maud.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bibb County
- This Maud is located in Bibb County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Maud that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Maud.
- Colbert County
- This Maud is located in Colbert County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km] to the west of the Maud that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Maud.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kingman 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 Kansas community of Maud [Kingman County].
- Morton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Morton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Maud.
- Norton 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 Maud [Norton County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maud ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Byersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Cherokee Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherokee Hills is located in Cherokee County
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Garden Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
- Garden Park is located in Cherokee County
- Good ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Grassy Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassy Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Pond
- Grassy Pond is located in Cherokee County
- Harmony Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
- Harmony Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jones Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Jones Ferry is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Kings Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
- Kings Park is located in Cherokee County
- Love Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Love Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Springs
- Love Springs is located in Cherokee County
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- Maplewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Mayo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Mayo is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayo <6>
- Mayo Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayo Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Mills
- Mayo Mills is located in Spartanburg County
- Pleasant Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Meadows
- Pleasant Meadows is located in Cherokee County
- Quail Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in Cherokee County
- Rosehill Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosehill Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Park
- Rosehill Park is located in Cherokee County
- Maplewood
How Far From Maud 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 Maud to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maud and extending to:
- Gaffney, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Maud to Columbia, with an average speed<7>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 366 miles [589 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maud. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
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 Maud 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- Maud) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1476, Longitude: -81.7448 In this case, the coordinates for Maud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Maud, 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> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Maud to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.744 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.141 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.881 degrees. |