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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 McCollum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCollum 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 McCollum:
- 33.817886, -87.325284
- 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 McCollum
- 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Since McCollum is near Fayette County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 McCollum
Communities Also Named McCollum ...
We found two communities that are also named McCollum.
Within Alabama, the name McCollum is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Coweta County
- This McCollum is located in Coweta County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the east of the McCollum that is located in Walker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of McCollum.
- Michigan
- Oscoda County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of McCollum [Oscoda County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCollum ...
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.
- America
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- America is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Frisco Quarters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Frisco Quarters is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Quarters
- Gamble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gamble is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble
- Holly Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Jasper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Johnny Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Johnny Ford is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnny Ford
- Kings Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kings Mill is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mountain Valley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Valley is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Standard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Standard is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
How Far From McCollum 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 McCollum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCollum and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from McCollum to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>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 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,270 miles [11,699.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- McCollum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 McCollum 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. |
| <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 McCollum 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 McCollum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8179, Longitude: -87.3253 In this case, the coordinates for McCollum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.011 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.716 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.445 degrees. |
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