Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McFrey 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 McFrey Crossroads:
  • 33.976211, -85.574960
  • 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 McFrey 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 McFrey Crossroads 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 McFrey Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near McFrey 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.

• Dailey
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dailey is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
• Frog Mountain
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Frog Mountain is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Mountain
• Gnatville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gnatville is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnatville
• Greenwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Pleasant Gap
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
• Pope
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pope is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
• Rock Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Run is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
• Rock Run Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rock Run Station is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Station
• Spring Garden
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden

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

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

• Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McFrey Crossroads to Centre, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 583 miles [938.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,062 miles [8,146.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'