Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McColl, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McColl and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McColl
- 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 McColl:
- 34.668486, -79.545505
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on McColl
- 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 Marlboro County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marlboro County
- Since McColl is near Scotland County and also Dillon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Scotland County
- eBird sighting report for Dillon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named McColl ...
We found two communities that share the name McColl.
Within South Carolina, the name McColl is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near McColl ...
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.
- Beauty Spot ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beauty Spot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Spot
- Beauty Spot is located in Marlboro County
- Burnt Factory ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Factory have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
- Burnt Factory is located in Marlboro County
- Crossway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Hasty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Johns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Lester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Masons Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masons Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Crossroads
- Masons Crossroads is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Red Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Sandy Bottoms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Bottoms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottoms
- Sandy Bottoms is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Sugar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Whispering Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Woodrun
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From McColl 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 town such as McColl to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in McColl and extending to:
- Bennettsville, which is the Seat of Marlboro County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from McColl to Columbia, with an average speed<5>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McColl. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marlboro County: www.marlborocounty.sc.gov/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 McColl, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 McColl 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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- McColl) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McColl. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6685, Longitude: -79.5455 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 McColl to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.481 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.623 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.173 degrees. |