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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 McGee Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McGee Town 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 McGee Town:
- 34.851476, -87.748085
- 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 McGee Town
- 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Since McGee Town is near Colbert County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 McGee Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near McGee Town ...
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.
- Cypress Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Cypress Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cypress Forest is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Forest
- Cypress Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Heights is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Heights
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Hickory Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Lovelace Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lovelace Crossroads is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace Crossroads
- Mansion View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mansion View is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansion View
- Mars Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Petersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Stoney Point ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stoney Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Terrace View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Terrace View is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
- Three Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Twin Brooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Brooks is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brooks
- Twin Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From McGee Town 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 McGee Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McGee Town and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from McGee Town to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- McGee Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 McGee Town 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 McGee Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8515, Longitude: -87.7481 In this case, the coordinates for McGee Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.331 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.228 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.399 degrees. |
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