Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McCoys Corners:
  • 41.127005, -80.096448
  • 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 McCoys Corners

• 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since McCoys Corners is near Butler County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 McCoys Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCoys Corners ...

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.

• Amsterdam
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Amsterdam is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
• Carter
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Carter is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Currys Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Currys Mills is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currys Mills
• Enterprise
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Enterprise is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
• Forestville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Forestville is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
• London
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • London is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
• Perrys Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
• Plain Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Plain Grove is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain Grove
• Slippery Rock
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Slippery Rock is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slippery Rock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slippery Rock <1>
• Swamproot
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Swamproot is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
• Wick
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wick is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCoys Corners and extending to:

• Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McCoys Corners to Mercer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,524 miles [7,280.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'