Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McCray:
  • 36.172358, -79.386132
  • 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 McCray

• 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 Alamance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alamance County
  • Since McCray is near Caswell County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 McCray

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCray ...

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.

• Birchwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Birchwood is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
• Clover Garden
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
• Granite Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Granite Village is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
• Green Acres
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Acres is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Green Level
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Level is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
• Haw River
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Haw River is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haw River <1>
• Hunting Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunting Hills is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
• Just Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
• Lakeview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Pleasant Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Spring Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
• Stony Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
• Union Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
• Woodlawn
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn is located in Alamance County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

• Graham, which is the Seat of Alamance County, lies just to the South.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from McCray to Raleigh, 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 most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,694 miles [7,554.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'