Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McKinzies 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 McKinzies Ferry:
  • 33.015146, -83.173485
  • 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 McKinzies 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 Baldwin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
  • Since McKinzies Ferry is near Wilkinson County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 McKinzies Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near McKinzies 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.

• Coopers
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Coopers is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
• Friendship
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Friendship is located in Hancock County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Goldens Mill ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Goldens Mill is located in Wilkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldens Mill
• Harrisburg
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrisburg is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
• Hebron
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hebron is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
• Mount Pleasant
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Sandtown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sandtown is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
• Tucker Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Tucker Ferry is located in Baldwin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Ferry
• Youngblood Corners ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Youngblood Corners is located in Wilkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood Corners

How Far From McKinzies Ferry 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 McKinzies 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 McKinzies Ferry and extending to:

• Milledgeville, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from McKinzies Ferry to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 531 miles [854.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,997 miles [8,041.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'