Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McAndrews

• 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 McAndrews:
  • 37.573715, -82.268196
  • 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 McAndrews

• 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
  • Since McAndrews is near Mingo County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 McAndrews

Curious and Interesting Names Near McAndrews ...

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.

• Canada
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Canada is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canada <1>
• Hardy
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hardy is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
• Meathouse
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Meathouse is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meathouse
• Narrows Branch
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Narrows Branch is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Branch
• Pigeon Roost
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pigeon Roost is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
• Ransom
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ransom is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
• Road Fork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Road Fork is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Road Fork
• Stone
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Stone is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
• Stringtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stringtown is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Upper Dick
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Upper Dick is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dick

How Far From McAndrews 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 McAndrews to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McAndrews and extending to:

• Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McAndrews to Pikeville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 298 miles [479.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'