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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 McColskey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McColskey 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 McColskey:
- 30.189121, -82.562344
- 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 McColskey
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since McColskey is near Baker County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 McColskey
Curious and Interesting Names Near McColskey ...
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.
- Bass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bass is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lacymark
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lacymark is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacymark
- Lake City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lulu
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
How Far From McColskey 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 McColskey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McColskey and extending to:
- Lake City, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies just to the West.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from McColskey to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,203 miles [11,592.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McColskey) 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 McColskey 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 McColskey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1891, Longitude: -82.5623 In this case, the coordinates for McColskey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.037 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.776 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.445 degrees. |
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