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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 McKee Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKee Bridge 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 McKee Bridge:
- 42.127625, -123.076156
- 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 McKee Bridge
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since McKee Bridge is near Siskiyou County and also Josephine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Josephine 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 McKee Bridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKee Bridge ...
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.
- California Bar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- California Bar is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Bar
- Central Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cinnabar Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cinnabar Springs is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Springs
- Copper ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Copper is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
- Eileen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eileen is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Foots Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Foots Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Creek
- Four Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Point ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Seven Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Seven Oaks is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Steamboat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steamboat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
- Table Rock Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Table Rock Station is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Station
- Talent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
How Far From McKee Bridge 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 McKee Bridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McKee Bridge and extending to:
- Medford, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McKee Bridge to Medford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,397 miles [3,857.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,907 miles [12,725.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McKee Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 McKee Bridge 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 McKee Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1276, Longitude: -123.0762 In this case, the coordinates for McKee Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.154 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.494 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.522 degrees. |
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