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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 McIntyre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McIntyre 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 McIntyre:
    • 40.306735, -80.781194
    • 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 McIntyre
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since McIntyre is near Harrison County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke 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 McIntyre

Communities Also Named McIntyre ...

We found ten communities that are also named McIntyre.

Within Ohio, the name McIntyre 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 two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Franklin County
      • This McIntyre is located in Franklin County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the McIntyre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of McIntyre.
    • Georgia
      • Wilkinson County
      • This McIntyre is located in Wilkinson County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the McIntyre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of McIntyre.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • This McIntyre is located in Webster Parish and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the McIntyre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of McIntyre.
    • Maryland
      • Harford 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 Maryland community of McIntyre [Harford County].
    • Michigan
      • Huron 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 Michigan community of McIntyre [Huron County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lowndes County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of McIntyre [Lowndes County].
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This McIntyre is located in Dutchess County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McIntyre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of McIntyre.
    • Ontario
      • This McIntyre lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the north of the McIntyre that is located in Jefferson County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • This McIntyre is located in Indiana County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McIntyre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of McIntyre.
    • Utah
      • Juab County
      • This McIntyre is located in Juab County and lies 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km]<1> to the west of the McIntyre that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juab County community of McIntyre.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McIntyre ...

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.

  • Cherry Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Dogtown ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dogtown is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Fairplay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairplay is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Fells ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fells is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells
  • Forest View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest View is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greentown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greentown is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
  • Panhandle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Panhandle is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
  • Piney Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Piney Fork is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
  • Reeds Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Reeds Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
  • Unionport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Unionport is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionport
  • Winterdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Winterdale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterdale

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

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

  • Steubenville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from McIntyre to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McIntyre) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 McIntyre 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>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 McIntyre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 McIntyre 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 McIntyre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3067, Longitude: -80.7812       In this case, the coordinates for McIntyre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.078 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.141 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.827 degrees.