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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 McCullough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCullough 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 McCullough:
    • 34.969804, -84.213250
    • 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 McCullough
  • 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 Fannin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
    • Since McCullough is near Cherokee County and also Union 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 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 McCullough

Communities Also Named McCullough ...

We found seven communities that are also named McCullough.

Within Georgia, the name McCullough is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Escambia County
      • This McCullough is located in Escambia County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the southwest of the McCullough that is located in Fannin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of McCullough.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Adams County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of McCullough.
      • Hamilton County
      • This community is historic and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of McCullough.
      • Putnam 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 Ohio community of McCullough [Putnam County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This McCullough is located in Westmoreland County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the north northeast of the McCullough that is located in Fannin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of McCullough.
    • Tennessee
      • Dyer 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 Tennessee community of McCullough [Dyer County].
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This McCullough is located in Albemarle County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McCullough that is located in Fannin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of McCullough.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCullough ...

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.

  • Cutcane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cutcane is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
  • Forge Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forge Mill is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Mill
  • Hothouse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
  • Loving
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Loving is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
  • Maple Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Grove is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Mineral Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearl
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pearl is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Rocky Gap ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rocky Gap is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
  • Sunny Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sunny Point is located in Cherokee County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
  • Sweet Gum
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Sweet Gum is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
  • Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Union is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Windy Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Windy Ridge is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Ridge
  • Wolf Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek

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

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

  • Blue Ridge, which is the Seat of Fannin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McCullough to Blue Ridge, with an average speed<5> 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 479 miles [770.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCullough) 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 McCullough, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 McCullough 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 McCullough 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 McCullough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9698, Longitude: -84.2133       In this case, the coordinates for McCullough have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.194 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.781 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.914 degrees.