Peachoid
The Peachoid is a 135 foot tall water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S, that resembles a peach. The water tower holds one million U.S. gallons of water and is located off Peachoid Road by Interstate 85 between exits 90 and 92.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina
- Also known as: “Gaffney Water Tower”, “Peach Water Tower”, and “Peachoid Water Tower”
- Address: Peachoid Road, Gaffney, 29341
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gaffney and Macedonia.
Gaffney
Town
Photo: Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gaffney is a city in and the seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Gaffney is known as the "Peach Capital of South Carolina". Gaffney is situated 2½ miles southeast of Peachoid.
Macedonia
Hamlet
Macedonia is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. Its elevation is 879 feet, and it is located at. Macedonia is situated 4½ miles west of Peachoid.
Thicketty
Hamlet
Thicketty is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. It lies between Gaffney and Cowpens along U.S. Route 29. Thicketty is located approximately 12 miles northeast of Spartanburg. Thicketty is situated 6 miles south of Peachoid.
Peachoid
- Categories: water tower and tourism
- Location: Cherokee, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.09531° or 35° 5′ 43″ northLongitude
-81.68592° or 81° 41′ 9″ westInception
1981Open location code
867W38W7+4JOpenStreetMap ID
way 265354420OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6136032
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Peachoid” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Пийчоид”
- Chinese: “大桃子”
- Danish: “Peachoid”
- Dutch: “Peachoid”
- French: “Gaffney Water Tower”
- French: “Peach Water Tower”
- French: “Peachoid Water Tower”
- French: “Peachoid”
- Italian: “Peachoid”
- Russian: “Персикомер”
- Slovenian: “Peachoid”
- Uzbek: “Peachoid”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spartanburg Community College - Cherokee Campus and Gaffney Free Will Baptist Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peachoid”. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.