Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McAding, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McAding and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McAding

• 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 McAding:
  • 33.561217, -85.831075
  • 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 McAding

• 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 Talladega County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Talladega County
  • Since McAding is near Calhoun County and also Cleburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne 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 McAding

Curious and Interesting Names Near McAding ...

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.

• Blue Pond
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Blue Pond is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Pond
• Boiling Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Boiling Spring is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
• Friendship
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Friendship is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Hicks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hicks is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
• House ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • House is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
• Jo Dell
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jo Dell is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jo Dell
• Lakeview
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lakeview is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Meadowbrook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadowbrook is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
• Silver Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Silver Run is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
• Sweet Home
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sweet Home is located in Talladega County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
• Trinity
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
• Woodland Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Woodland Park is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From McAding to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McAding to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McAding and extending to:

• Talladega, which is the Seat of Talladega County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McAding to Talladega, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 612 miles [984.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'