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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 Megahee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Megahee 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 Megahee:
- 33.384584, -82.403181
- 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 Megahee
- 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 McDuffie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDuffie County
- Since Megahee is near Columbia County and also Glascock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glascock 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 Megahee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Megahee ...
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.
- Boneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- David ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- David is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David
- Dearing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Harlem
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harts is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts
- Sawdust
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Stones Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stones Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossroads
How Far From Megahee 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 Megahee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Megahee and extending to:
- Thomson, which is the Seat of McDuffie County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Megahee to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 484 miles [778.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,065 miles [11,370 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Megahee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Megahee 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 Megahee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3846, Longitude: -82.4032 In this case, the coordinates for Megahee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.09 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.286 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.615 degrees. |
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