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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 McDaniels, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McDaniels 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 McDaniels:
- 37.605193, -86.424163
- 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 McDaniels
- 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 Breckinridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
- Since McDaniels is near Grayson County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 McDaniels
Communities Also Named McDaniels ...
We found eight communities that are also named McDaniels.
Within Kentucky, the name McDaniels is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Gordon County
- This McDaniels is located in Gordon County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the McDaniels that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of McDaniels.
- Pickens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of McDaniels [Pickens County].
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This McDaniels is located in Sunflower County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the McDaniels that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of McDaniels.
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- This McDaniels is located in Carteret County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the McDaniels that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of McDaniels.
- Sampson County
- This McDaniels is located in Sampson County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km] to the east southeast of the McDaniels that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of McDaniels.
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of McDaniels [Gallia County].
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of McDaniels [Chester County].
- Texas
- Brown County
- Although located in Brown County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of McDaniels.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McDaniels ...
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.
- Cave Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cave Spring is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Centerview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Centerview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Cobblers Knob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cobblers Knob is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblers Knob
- Falling Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falling Branch is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
- Falls-of-Rough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fisher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Hanging Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanging Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
- Hickory Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corner is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
- Horn Back Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lilac
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lilac is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilac
- Madrid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Madrid is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Short Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From McDaniels 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 McDaniels to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McDaniels and extending to:
- Hardinsburg, which is the Seat of Breckinridge County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from McDaniels to Hardinsburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 516 miles [830.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,940 miles [7,950.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- McDaniels) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 McDaniels 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> | 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 McDaniels 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 McDaniels. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6052, Longitude: -86.4242 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.618 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.79 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.174 degrees. |
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