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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 McKinnon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKinnon 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 McKinnon:
- 31.425218, -81.926781
- 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 McKinnon
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since McKinnon is near Brantley County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 McKinnon
Communities Also Named McKinnon ...
We found four communities that are also named McKinnon.
Within Georgia, the name McKinnon is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Escambia County
- This McKinnon is located in Escambia County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the west of the McKinnon that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of McKinnon.
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of McKinnon [Orange County].
- Tennessee
- Houston County
- This McKinnon is located in Houston County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the McKinnon that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of McKinnon.
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- This McKinnon is located in Sweetwater County and lies 1,685 miles [2,711.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McKinnon that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of McKinnon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKinnon ...
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.
- Ford ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ford is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Hortense
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jenks ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jenks is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- K'Ville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- K'Ville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for K'Ville
- Leake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Leake is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leake
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Needmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Needmore is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Offerman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Otter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Paradise Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Park is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Popwellville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Popwellville is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
- Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
- Prosperity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Sun Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sun Hill is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
- Trudie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Trudie is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trudie
How Far From McKinnon 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 McKinnon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McKinnon and extending to:
- Jesup, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from McKinnon to Jesup, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 215 miles [346 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 584 miles [939.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- McKinnon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 McKinnon 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. |
| <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 McKinnon 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 McKinnon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4252, Longitude: -81.9268 In this case, the coordinates for McKinnon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.751 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.618 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.934 degrees. |
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