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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 McCormick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCormick and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 McCormick:
    • 38.833412, -82.358209
    • 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 McCormick
  • 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 Gallia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia County
    • Since McCormick is near Mason County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 McCormick

Communities Also Named McCormick ...

We found ten communities that are also named McCormick.

Within Ohio, the name McCormick is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Poinsett County
      • This McCormick is located in Poinsett County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the McCormick that is located in Gallia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of McCormick.
    • Florida
      • Duval 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 Florida community of McCormick [Duval County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of McCormick [Cook County].
      • Pope County
      • This McCormick is located in Pope County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the McCormick that is located in Gallia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of McCormick.
    • Ontario
      • This McCormick lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the northeast of the McCormick that is located in Gallia County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • This McCormick is located in Indiana County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the McCormick that is located in Gallia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of McCormick.
    • South Carolina
      • McCormick County
      • This McCormick is located in McCormick County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the south of the McCormick that is located in Gallia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCormick County community of McCormick.
    • Texas
      • Archer 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 Texas community of McCormick [Archer County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This McCormick is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McCormick that is located in Gallia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of McCormick.
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • This McCormick is located in Lewis County and lies 2,120 miles [3,411.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McCormick that is located in Gallia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of McCormick.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCormick ...

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.

  • Boggs ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Boggs is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
  • Centerpoint
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Centerpoint is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerpoint
  • Centerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Evans Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Evans Heights is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Heights
  • Evergreen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Gage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gage is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
  • Green Acres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Harrisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harrisburg is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Hideaway Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hideaway Acres is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
  • Meadow Look
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Look is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Look
  • Patriot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Spring Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Spring Valley is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Willow Woods
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Willow Woods is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of McCormick once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in McCormick and extending to:

  • Gallipolis, which is the Seat of Gallia County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from McCormick to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,839 miles [11,006.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,714 miles [7,586.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCormick) 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 McCormick 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McCormick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 McCormick 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 McCormick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8334, Longitude: -82.3582       In this case, the coordinates for McCormick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.096 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.081 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.025 degrees.