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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 McGehee's, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McGehee's 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 McGehee's:
- 32.269863, -86.374692
- 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 McGehee's
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since McGehee's is near Lowndes County and also Autauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Autauga 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 McGehee's
Curious and Interesting Names Near McGehee's ...
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.
- Cedar Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
- Cross Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cross Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- English Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Gay Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gay Meadows is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Meadows
- Grovewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grovewood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovewood
- Hope Hull
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hunting Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Downs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Downs
- Lee Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lee Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Farms
- Lees Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
- Lynndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lynndale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynndale
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Maxwell Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maxwell Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Heights
- Memorial Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Heights
- Pine Needles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Needles is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
- Spring Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Park
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stone's
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone's
- Valley Whispers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Whispers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Whispers
- Wildwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From McGehee's 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 McGehee's to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McGehee's and extending to:
- Montgomery, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from McGehee's to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,295 miles [11,740.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,173 miles [8,325.1 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McGehee's) 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 McGehee's 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 McGehee's. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2699, Longitude: -86.3747 In this case, the coordinates for McGehee's have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.34 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.726 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.389 degrees. |
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