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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 McCalls Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCalls Crossroads 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 McCalls Crossroads:
- 34.273488, -79.704227
- 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 McCalls Crossroads
- 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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Since McCalls Crossroads is near Darlington County and also Marlboro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darlington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marlboro 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 McCalls Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCalls Crossroads ...
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.
- Florence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glencove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glencove is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencove
- Gregg Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gregg Camp is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Camp
- Hickory Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hillside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Howards Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Howards Crossroads is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Crossroads
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Malibu
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Malibu is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
- Mars Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadow Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadow Brook is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Mechanicsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Meeks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Meeks is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Ponderosa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ponderosa is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Sandridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sandridge is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
- Williams Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Heights is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Heights
How Far From McCalls Crossroads 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 McCalls Crossroads 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<2> community of McCalls Crossroads once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in McCalls Crossroads and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Florence County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from McCalls Crossroads to Columbia, with an average speed<4>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 351 miles [564.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 McCalls Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- McCalls Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McCalls Crossroads 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 McCalls Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2735, Longitude: -79.7042 In this case, the coordinates for McCalls Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.572 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.669 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.353 degrees. |
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