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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 McKinleyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKinleyville 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 McKinleyville:
    • 40.946687, -124.100999
    • 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 McKinleyville
  • 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 Humboldt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
    • Since McKinleyville is near Trinity County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 McKinleyville

Communities Also Named McKinleyville ...

We found four communities that are also named McKinleyville.

Within California, the name McKinleyville is unique.

Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Kent County
      • This McKinleyville is located in Kent County and lies 2,504 miles [4,029.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McKinleyville that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of McKinleyville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This McKinleyville lies 2,867 miles [4,614 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McKinleyville that is located in Humboldt County.
    • Texas
      • Houston 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 Texas community of McKinleyville [Houston County].
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • This McKinleyville is located in Brooke County and lies 2,257 miles [3,632.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McKinleyville that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of McKinleyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McKinleyville ...

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.

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

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

  • Eureka, which is the Seat of Humboldt County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McKinleyville to Eureka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,466 miles [3,968.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 141 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,000 miles [12,874.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McKinleyville) 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 McKinleyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 McKinleyville 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 McKinleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9467, Longitude: -124.1010    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.923 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.356 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.20 degrees.