Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McCredie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCredie and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McCredie
- 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 McCredie:
- 38.960041, -91.932400
- 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 McCredie
- 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 Callaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Callaway County
- Since McCredie is near Audrain County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Audrain County
- eBird sighting report for Boone 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 McCredie ...
We found one communities that share the name McCredie.
Within Missouri, the name McCredie is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named McCredie in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCredie ...
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.
- Bachelor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Bryans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Champ
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Earl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Hams Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hams Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
- Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
- Kingdom City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom City
- Kingdom City is located in Callaway County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingdom City <3>
- Mexico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mexico is located in Audrain County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,530 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexico <3>
- Pitcher
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Shamrock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Youngers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From McCredie 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 McCredie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCredie and extending to:
- Fulton, which is the Seat of Callaway County, lies just to the South.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from McCredie to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 46 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McCredie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCredie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McCredie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9600, Longitude: -91.9324 In this case, the coordinates for McCredie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 McCredie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.235 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.138 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.40 degrees. |