Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McCreary:
  • 37.671192, -84.515493
  • 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 McCreary

• 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 Garrard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Garrard County
  • Since McCreary is near Madison County and also Harlan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Harlan 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 McCreary

Communities Also Named McCreary ...

We found one communities that are also named McCreary.

Within Kentucky, the name McCreary is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named McCreary in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Manitoba
    • This McCreary lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the McCreary that is located in Garrard County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCreary ...

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.

• Buckeye
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Buckeye is located in Garrard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
• Cottonburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonburg is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonburg
• Crow Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crow Valley is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Valley
• Happy Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Happy Landing is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Landing
• Kirksville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Kirksville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
• Little Hickman
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Hickman is located in Jessamine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hickman
• Marksbury
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Marksbury is located in Garrard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksbury
• Paint Lick
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Paint Lick is located in Garrard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Lick
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paint Lick <2>
• Pink
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pink is located in Jessamine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
• Round Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Round Hill is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
• Stone
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stone is located in Garrard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
• Three Forks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Three Forks is located in Garrard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
• Toddville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Toddville is located in Garrard County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville

How Far From McCreary to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McCreary to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCreary and extending to:

• Lancaster, which is the Seat of Garrard County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from McCreary to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 413 miles [664.7 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 24 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'