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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 McNees, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McNees 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 McNees:
- 40.797564, -79.445043
- 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 McNees
- 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 Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since McNees is near Indiana County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 McNees
Curious and Interesting Names Near McNees ...
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.
- Blanket Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blanket Hill is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
- Dog Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dog Town is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
- Ford City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fordview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fordview is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordview
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Manor Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Manor Heights is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Heights
- Manorville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Manorville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Margaret
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Margaret is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
- Oscar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oscar is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Pine Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Furnace is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Furnace
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spaces Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spaces Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaces Corners
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stringtown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Wick City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wick City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick City
How Far From McNees 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 McNees to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McNees and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from McNees to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 183 miles [294.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,915 miles [9,519.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,634 miles [10,676.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,509 miles [7,256.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McNees) 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 McNees 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 McNees. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7976, Longitude: -79.4450 In this case, the coordinates for McNees have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.227 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.043 degrees. |
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