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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 McCosh Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCosh Mill 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 McCosh Mill:
- 33.107899, -85.235777
- 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 McCosh Mill
- 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 Chambers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Since McCosh Mill is near Troup County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Troup County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 McCosh Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCosh Mill ...
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.
- Bacon Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bacon Level is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Level
- Covered Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covered Bridge is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge
- Glenn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Bend is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bend
- Lee Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lee Crossroads is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Crossroads
- Lime
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lime is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Rock Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Standing Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Turkey Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point
How Far From McCosh Mill 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 McCosh Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of McCosh Mill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in McCosh Mill and extending to:
- LaFayette, which is the Seat of Chambers County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McCosh Mill to LaFayette, with an average speed<4> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 607 miles [976.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,086 miles [8,185.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McCosh Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McCosh Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McCosh Mill 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 McCosh Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1079, Longitude: -85.2358 In this case, the coordinates for McCosh Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.721 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.127 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.767 degrees. |
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