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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 McDaniels, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McDaniels 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 McDaniels:
    • 34.455088, -84.946610
    • 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 McDaniels
  • 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 Gordon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gordon County
    • Since McDaniels is near Bartow County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bartow County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 McDaniels

Communities Also Named McDaniels ...

We found eight communities that are also named McDaniels.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named McDaniels.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Pickens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of McDaniels [Pickens County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge County
      • This McDaniels is located in Breckinridge County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the McDaniels that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of McDaniels.
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • This McDaniels is located in Sunflower County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the west of the McDaniels that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of McDaniels.
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This McDaniels is located in Carteret County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<2> to the east of the McDaniels that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of McDaniels.
      • Sampson County
      • This McDaniels is located in Sampson County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east of the McDaniels that is located in Gordon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of McDaniels.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of McDaniels [Gallia County].
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of McDaniels [Chester County].
    • Texas
      • Brown County
      • Although located in Brown County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of McDaniels.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McDaniels ...

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.

  • Big Spring ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Big Spring is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Cash
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cash is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
  • Crane Eater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crane Eater is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Eater
  • Curryville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Curryville is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
  • Damascus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Damascus is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Farmville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Farmville is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
  • Fricks Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fricks Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Ferry
  • Hunts Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunts Corner is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corner
  • Lands Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lands Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands Ferry
  • Lays Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lays Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lays Ferry
  • Plainville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Printup Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Printup Ferry is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printup Ferry
  • Rocky Creek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Creek is located in Gordon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Creek

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

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

  • Calhoun, which is the Seat of Gordon County, lies just to the North.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from McDaniels to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,014 miles [8,069.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 McDaniels 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.
<2>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- McDaniels) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 McDaniels 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 McDaniels. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4551, Longitude: -84.9466       In this case, the coordinates for McDaniels have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.613 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.191 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.338 degrees.