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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 McWer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McWer 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 McWer:
- 31.861264, -87.695556
- 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 McWer
- 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Since McWer is near Wilcox County and also Marengo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilcox County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marengo 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 McWer
Curious and Interesting Names Near McWer ...
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.
- Choctaw Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw Corner is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Corner
- Glover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glover is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Lower Peach Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lower Peach Tree is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peach Tree
- Peacock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peacock is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Roundhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roundhill is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Rural
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rural is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
How Far From McWer to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McWer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McWer and extending to:
- Grove Hill, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McWer to Grove Hill, with an average speed<2> 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 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,373 miles [11,865.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,250 miles [8,449.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- McWer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 McWer 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 McWer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8613, Longitude: -87.6956 In this case, the coordinates for McWer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.091 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.54 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.982 degrees. |
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