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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 Twiggs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twiggs 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 Twiggs:
- 33.386252, -81.880392
- 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 Twiggs
- 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 Aiken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aiken County
- Since Twiggs is near Richmond County and also Burke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burke 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 Twiggs
Communities Also Named Twiggs ...
We found two communities that are also named Twiggs.
There is one other community in South Carolina that is also named Twiggs.
Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Twiggs in the United States.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Twiggs [Anderson County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Pleasants County
- This Twiggs is located in Pleasants County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<2> to the north of the Twiggs that is located in Aiken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pleasants County community of Twiggs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twiggs ...
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.
- Adventure ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Adventure is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure
- Apple Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Apple Valley is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Bath
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clearwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crestdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crestdale is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestdale
- Edenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Edenwood is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenwood
- Fairvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairvale is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
- Gordon Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon Park is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Park
- Gracewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Grays Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grays Landing is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
- Hollow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hollow Creek is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Creek
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mechanic Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanic Hill is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Hill
- Nixon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nixon is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Sand Bar Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Bar Ferry is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bar Ferry
- Schultz Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz Hill is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz Hill
- Silver Bluff Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Silver Bluff Ferry is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bluff Ferry
- Spiderweb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spiderweb is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiderweb
How Far From Twiggs to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Twiggs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twiggs and extending to:
- Aiken, which is the Seat of Aiken County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Twiggs to Aiken, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 466 miles [750 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,041 miles [11,331.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,923 miles [7,922.8 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 Twiggs 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- Twiggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Twiggs 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 Twiggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3863, Longitude: -81.8804 In this case, the coordinates for Twiggs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.792 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.943 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.418 degrees. |
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