Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McCord Crossroads:
  • 34.116486, -85.459680
  • 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 McCord Crossroads

• 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
  • Since McCord Crossroads is near Floyd County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 McCord Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCord Crossroads ...

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.

• Alexis
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Alexis is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
• Bauxite
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bauxite is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
• Cave Spring
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cave Spring is located in Floyd County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cave Spring <1>
• Grantville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Grantville is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
• Key
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Key is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
• Kirk's Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
• Noah
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Noah is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
• Rock Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
• Sandy Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Springs is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
• Tucker Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Tucker Crossroads is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Crossroads

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCord Crossroads and extending to:

• Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McCord Crossroads to Centre, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 571 miles [918.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'