Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McCainville:
  • 32.652912, -88.214749
  • 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 McCainville

• 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
  • Since McCainville is near Greene County and also Kemper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper 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 McCainville

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCainville ...

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.

• Braggville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Braggville is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
• Brewersville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brewersville is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
• Dug Hill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dug Hill is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
• Five Points
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Five Points is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Fowler
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fowler is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
• Hillman Ferry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hillman Ferry is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman Ferry
• Lizzieville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lizzieville is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
• Lukes Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lukes Landing is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukes Landing
• Moore Town
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Moore Town is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
• Scratch Hill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Scratch Hill is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Hill
• Zion Hill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion Hill is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From McCainville 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 McCainville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Livingston, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from McCainville to Montgomery, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,361 miles [11,846.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,237 miles [8,428.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'