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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 Sloans Fery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sloans Fery 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 Sloans Fery:
- 34.493159, -82.822640
- 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 Sloans Fery
- 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
- Since Sloans Fery is near Hart County and also Oconee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee 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 Sloans Fery
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sloans Fery ...
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.
- Clearview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Double Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Double Springs is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Green Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Forest is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Forest
- Hidden Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Lake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Hunters Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Trail is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Trail
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Trail is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trail
- Lakefront
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lakefront is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakefront
- Leisure Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Masons Cross Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Cross Road is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Cross Road
- New Light
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Light is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Price ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Quail Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Reed Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Regency Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Regency Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Regency Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Regency Woods is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Woods
- Shadow Wood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shadow Wood is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
- Stonehaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonehaven is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
- Townville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Sloans Fery 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 Sloans Fery to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sloans Fery and extending to:
- Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sloans Fery to Anderson, with an average speed<3> 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 107 miles [172.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 441 miles [709.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Sloans Fery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sloans Fery 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 Sloans Fery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4932, Longitude: -82.8226 In this case, the coordinates for Sloans Fery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.362 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.756 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.485 degrees. |
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