Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Myers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Myers and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Myers
- 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 Myers:
- 32.541848, -81.253994
- 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 Myers
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Myers is near Hampton County and also Effingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hampton County
- eBird sighting report for Effingham 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 Myers ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Myers.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Myers.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Barnwell County
- Charleston County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Mexico
- New York
- Cayuga 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 New York community of Myers [Cayuga County].
- Tompkins County
- This Myers is located in Tompkins County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Myers that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tompkins County community of Myers.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Madison County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Myers [Madison County].
- Richland County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Myers [Richland County].
- Stark County
- This Myers is located in Stark County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<2> to the north of the Myers that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Myers.
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Myers ...
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.
- Dupies Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dupies Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupies Ferry
- Dupies Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Ebenezer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Groover Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groover Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groover Landing
- Groover Landing is located in Jasper County
- Kildare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Martins Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
- Martins Landing is located in Hampton County
- Robertville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertville
- Robertville is located in Jasper County
- Sisters Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sisters Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisters Ferry
- Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Steep Bottom ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steep Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Bottom
- Steep Bottom is located in Hampton County
- Stokes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Two Sisters Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Sisters Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
- Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
How Far From Myers 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 Myers 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 Myers once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Myers and extending to:
- Ridgeland, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Myers to Ridgeland, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Jasper County: www.jaspercountysc.org/
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 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 Myers 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Myers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Myers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5418, Longitude: -81.2540 In this case, the coordinates for Myers 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 Myers, 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 Myers 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 310.416 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.391 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.41 degrees. |