Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McCord Ferry

• 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 McCord Ferry:
  • 33.682353, -82.352069
  • 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 McCord Ferry

• 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 McCord Ferry is near Lincoln County and also McDuffie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McDuffie 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 McCord Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCord Ferry ...

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.

• Clay Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
• Dents Ferry
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Dents Ferry is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Ferry
• Double Branches
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Double Branches is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
• Leathersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
• Martins Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Martins Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
• Maxim
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Maxim is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
• Price Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Price Ferry is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ferry
• Raysville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Raysville is located in McDuffie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
• Woodlawn
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Woodlawn is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McCord Ferry and extending to:

• Appling, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from McCord Ferry to Appling, with an average speed<2> 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.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,932 miles [7,937.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'