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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 Rodgers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rodgers 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 Rodgers:
    • 33.554608, -80.258695
    • 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 Rodgers
  • 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 Clarendon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarendon County
    • Since Rodgers is near Orangeburg County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Rodgers

Communities Also Named Rodgers ...

We found three communities that are also named Rodgers.

Within South Carolina, the name Rodgers is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb 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 Alabama community of Rodgers [DeKalb County].
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This Rodgers is located in Bartow County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<2> to the west of the Rodgers that is located in Clarendon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Rodgers.
    • Mississippi
      • Monroe 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 Mississippi community of Rodgers [Monroe County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rodgers ...

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.

  • Bloomville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloomville is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomville
  • Bonanza ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonanza is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Eagle Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagle Point is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
  • Fountain Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Fountain Lake is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
  • James Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • James Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Crossroads
  • Jordan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Juneville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Juneville is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneville
  • Log Jam Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Log Jam Landing is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Jam Landing
  • Nelsons Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Nelsons Ferry is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
  • Polly Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Polly Landing is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Landing
  • Silver
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rodgers and extending to:

  • Manning, which is the Seat of Clarendon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rodgers to Manning, with an average speed<4> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 410 miles [659.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,842 miles [7,792.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Rodgers 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rodgers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rodgers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Rodgers 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 Rodgers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5546, Longitude: -80.2587       In this case, the coordinates for Rodgers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.88 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.918 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.769 degrees.