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 Syracuse:
34.231753, -79.967973
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.
We found eleven communities that are also named Syracuse.
Within South Carolina, the name Syracuse is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Putnam 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 Florida community of Syracuse [Putnam County].
Indiana
Kosciusko County
This Syracuse is located in Kosciusko County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Syracuse that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Syracuse.
Kansas
Cowley 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 Syracuse [Cowley County].
Doniphan 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 Syracuse [Doniphan County].
Hamilton County
This Syracuse is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Syracuse that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Syracuse.
Wilson 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 Syracuse [Wilson County].
Missouri
Morgan County
This Syracuse is located in Morgan County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Syracuse that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Syracuse.
Nebraska
Otoe County
This Syracuse is located in Otoe County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Syracuse that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otoe County community of Syracuse.
New York
Onondaga County
This Syracuse is located in Onondaga County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Syracuse that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Syracuse.
Ohio
Meigs County
This Syracuse is located in Meigs County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Syracuse that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Syracuse.
Utah
Davis County
This Syracuse is located in Davis County and lies 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Syracuse that is located in Darlington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Syracuse.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Syracuse ...
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.
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 Syracuse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Syracuse and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Syracuse to Columbia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Syracuse 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Syracuse) 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 Syracuse 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 Syracuse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2318, Longitude: -79.9680
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.721 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.834 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.464 degrees.