RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Arkansas >> Miller County >> McKinney >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 McKinney:
    • 33.389014, -93.795459
    • 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 McKinney
  • 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
    • Since McKinney is near Lafayette County and also Hempstead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead 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 McKinney

Communities Also Named McKinney ...

We found eleven communities that are also named McKinney.

There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named McKinney.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Bradley County
      • This McKinney is located in Bradley County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the east of the McKinney that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of McKinney.
    • Cleveland County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of McKinney [Cleveland County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Placer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of McKinney [Placer County].
    • Georgia
      • Upson County
      • This McKinney is located in Upson County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the east of the McKinney that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of McKinney.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of McKinney [Douglas County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lincoln County
      • This McKinney is located in Lincoln County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McKinney that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of McKinney.
    • North Dakota
      • Renville County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of McKinney [Renville County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Noble County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of McKinney [Noble County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of McKinney [Cumberland County].
      • Franklin County
      • This McKinney is located in Franklin County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McKinney that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of McKinney.
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • This McKinney is located in Collin County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the west of the McKinney that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of McKinney.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McKinney ...

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.

  • Boggy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Boggy is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
  • Clipper
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Clipper is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
  • Gertrude
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gertrude is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
  • Hennessey ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hennessey is located in Hempstead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennessey
  • Jonesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jonesville is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Lewisville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Piney Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Piney Grove is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Pleasant Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Rocky Mound
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Mound is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McKinney and extending to:

  • Texarkana, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McKinney to Texarkana, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,006 miles [1,619 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,566 miles [12,176.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,443 miles [8,759.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McKinney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 McKinney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that McKinney could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 McKinney 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 McKinney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3890, Longitude: -93.7955       In this case, the coordinates for McKinney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.036 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.333 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.252 degrees.