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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 McCallie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCallie 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 McCallie:
- 34.258706, -84.764937
- 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 McCallie
- 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 Bartow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
- Since McCallie is near Cherokee County and also Gordon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon 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 McCallie
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCallie ...
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.
- Cartersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Dewey Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dewey Crossroads is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey Crossroads
- Double Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Double Springs is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Five Forks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Grassdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grassdale is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassdale
- Happy Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hollow
- Hidden Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hidden Hills is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Holly Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Spring is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Spring
- Jones Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jones Heights is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Heights
- Pine Log ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Log is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log
- Rodgers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shallwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shallwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallwood
- Stamp Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stamp Creek is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek
- Sugar Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From McCallie 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 McCallie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCallie and extending to:
- Cartersville, which is the Seat of Bartow County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from McCallie to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,137 miles [11,485.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCallie) 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 McCallie 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 McCallie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2587, Longitude: -84.7649 In this case, the coordinates for McCallie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.497 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.03 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.313 degrees. |
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