Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McFarlan:
  • 34.814735, -79.976508
  • 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 McFarlan

• 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 Anson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anson County
  • Since McFarlan is near Marlboro County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 McFarlan

Curious and Interesting Names Near McFarlan ...

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.

• Cairo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cairo is located in Anson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
• Deep Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Deep Creek is located in Anson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
• Everetts Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Everetts Mill is located in Richmond County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Mill
• Fisher Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fisher Hill is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
• Hunts Mill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hunts Mill is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Mill
• Hunts Spring ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hunts Spring is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Spring
• Jones Creek ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jones Creek is located in Anson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
• Little Mountain ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Little Mountain is located in Marlboro County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
• Maysville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Maysville is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Paris ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Paris is located in Anson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
• Rivers ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rivers is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McFarlan and extending to:

• Wadesboro, which is the Seat of Anson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McFarlan to Wadesboro, with an average speed<2> 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.
• Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,777 miles [7,687.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'