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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 McAfee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McAfee 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 McAfee:
- 37.849970, -84.851766
- 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 McAfee
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since McAfee is near Woodford County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 McAfee
Communities Also Named McAfee ...
We found four communities that are also named McAfee.
Within Kentucky, the name McAfee is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of McAfee [DeKalb County].
- Michigan
- Kalkaska County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of McAfee [Kalkaska County].
- Mississippi
- Leake County
- This McAfee is located in Leake County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the McAfee that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of McAfee.
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- This McAfee is located in Sussex County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<2> to the east northeast of the McAfee that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of McAfee.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McAfee ...
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.
- Bondville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bondville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondville
- Ebenezer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Harrodsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mayo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nonesuch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nonesuch is located in Woodford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonesuch
- Oregon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oregon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Shakertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shakertown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakertown
- Stringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stringtown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Terrapin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Terrapin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin
How Far From McAfee 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 McAfee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McAfee and extending to:
- Harrodsburg, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the South.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from McAfee to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 McAfee 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- McAfee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McAfee 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 McAfee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8500, Longitude: -84.8518 In this case, the coordinates for McAfee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.64 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.704 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.414 degrees. |
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