Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McCall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCall and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McCall
- 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 McCall:
- 44.907445, -116.107410
- 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 McCall
- 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 Valley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Valley County
- Since McCall is near Adams County and also Idaho County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- eBird sighting report for Idaho 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
Communities Also Named McCall ...
We found five communities that share the name McCall.
Within Idaho, the name McCall is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This McCall lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the McCall that is located in Valley County.
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Washington
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCall ...
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.
- Council
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Council is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council <4>
- Dale ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Evergreen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Fruitvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Fruitvale is located in Adams County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <4>
- Hoover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Lake Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fork
- Lake Fork is located in Valley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Fork <4>
- Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Meadows is located in Adams County
- Pine Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
- Roseberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
- Roseberry is located in Valley County
- Rubicon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Rubicon is located in Adams County
How Far From McCall 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 city such as McCall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCall and extending to:
- Cascade, which is the Seat of Valley County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from McCall to Cascade, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Boise City, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,836 miles [11,001.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,647 miles [9,088 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for McCall: www.mccall.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McCall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9074, Longitude: -116.1074 In this case, the coordinates for McCall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 McCall 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 McCall to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.621 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.151 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.983 degrees. |