Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McKeever:
  • 43.612013, -75.098781
  • 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 McKeever

• 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
  • Since McKeever is near Oneida County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 McKeever

Communities Also Named McKeever ...

We found one communities that are also named McKeever.

Within New York, the name McKeever is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named McKeever in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Michigan
    • Ontonagon County
    • This McKeever is located in Ontonagon County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McKeever that is located in Herkimer County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of McKeever.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McKeever ...

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.

• Forestport
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Forestport is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestport
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forestport <2>
• Fowlersville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Fowlersville is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
• Locust Grove
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
• Lyons Falls
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Lyons Falls is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons Falls <2>
• Lyonsdale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
• Minnehaha
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Minnehaha is located in Herkimer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
• Mountain Lodge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Lodge is located in Herkimer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
• Otter Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Otter Creek is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
• Otter Lake
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Otter Lake is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McKeever and extending to:

• Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from McKeever to Herkimer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 340 miles [547.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,621 miles [9,046.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,217 miles [6,786.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'