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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:
- 34.753772, -76.650207
- 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 Carteret County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carteret County
- Since McDaniels is near Craven County and also Pamlico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pamlico 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.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named McDaniels.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Sampson County
- This McDaniels is located in Sampson County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the west of the McDaniels that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of McDaniels.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Gordon County
- This McDaniels is located in Gordon County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the west of the McDaniels that is located in Carteret 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].
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- This McDaniels is located in Breckinridge County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McDaniels that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of McDaniels.
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This McDaniels is located in Sunflower County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the west of the McDaniels that is located in Carteret County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower 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.
- Crab Point Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
- Mandy Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mandy Farms is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandy Farms
- Money Island Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Money Island Beach is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money Island Beach
- Morehead City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shell Landing is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
- Steep Pines Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Steep Pines Fork is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steep Pines Fork
- Straits
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Straits is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Straits Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Straits Haven is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Haven
- Sunrise Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunrise Point is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
How Far From McDaniels 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 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:
- Beaufort, which is the Seat of Carteret County, lies just to the South.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from McDaniels to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,628 miles [7,448 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- 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: 34.7538, Longitude: -76.6502 In this case, the coordinates for McDaniels have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.865 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.784 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.07 degrees. |
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