Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McIntyre Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McIntyre Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McIntyre Spring
- 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 McIntyre Spring:
- 30.641039, -83.366539
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on McIntyre Spring
- 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 Brooks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brooks County
- Since McIntyre Spring is near Lowndes County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- eBird sighting report for Madison 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near McIntyre Spring ...
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.
- Cherry Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Cherry Lake is located in Madison County (FL)
- Dasher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Empress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
- Empress is located in Brooks County
- Herring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Kinderlou
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Lakeview Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lakeview Heights is located in Lowndes County
- Little Miami
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Miami have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Miami
- Little Miami is located in Lowndes County
- Maysland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Provident
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Twin Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Lowndes County
How Far From McIntyre Spring 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 McIntyre Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of McIntyre Spring once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in McIntyre Spring and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Brooks County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McIntyre Spring to Quitman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 223 miles [358.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,223 miles [11,624.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,110 miles [8,223.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Brooks County: www.brooks-county.org/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 McIntyre Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McIntyre Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McIntyre Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6410, Longitude: -83.3665 In this case, the coordinates for McIntyre Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 McIntyre Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.508 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.383 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.624 degrees. |